打
dǎdá HSK1

strike

打 dǎ frequency
perform verb
a semantically light verb used to perform various actions depending on the object (e.g., to make, to hold, to knit)

奶奶正坐在沙发上，专心地给孙子打毛衣。

nǎi​nai zhèng​zuò zài shā​fā shàng, zhuān​xīn de gěi sūn​zi dǎ máo​yī.

Grandma is sitting on the sofa, intently knitting a sweater for her grandson.

hit verb
to hit, strike, or fight

他因为太生气，用力地打了对方一下。

tā yīn​wèi tài shēng​qì, yòng​lì de dǎ le duì​fāng yī​xià.

He was so angry that he hit the other person hard.

from preposition
a colloquial preposition meaning from or since

打那以后，他再也没来过。

dǎ nà yǐ​hòu, tā zài yě méi lái guo.

Since then, he has never come again.

excavate verb
to dig, excavate, or make a hole or tunnel through something.

工人们经过几个月的努力，终于把这条隧道打通了。

gōng​rén men jīng​guò jǐ gè yuè de nǔ​lì, zhōng​yú bǎ zhè tiáo suì​dào dǎ tōng le.

After months of effort, the workers finally broke through the tunnel.

dial verb
to call or dial a telephone number or service line
打 dá
dozen measure word
a measure of twelve items (loanword from English)

我买了一打鸡蛋。

wǒ mǎi le yī dá jī​dàn.

I bought a dozen eggs.

Frequency
Character
Written text
223rd most common 962.0 per million
Movie subtitles
100th most common 1692.2 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
930.7 per million appears in 90% of films
Written text
538.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+6253

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)