擋
dǎngdàng HSK5

obstruct

挡 (擋) dǎng frequency
block verb
to obstruct, hinder, resist, or get in the way of something

这辆货车挡住了我的路。

zhè liàng huò​chē dǎng zhù le wǒ de lù.

This truck is blocking my way.

gear noun
a gear or transmission setting in a vehicle; a protective cover or screen

他在转弯时换到了低速挡。

tā zài zhuǎn​wān shí huàn​dào le dī​sù​dǎng.

He shifted into a lower gear while turning.

挡 (擋) dàng
arrange verb
to arrange or put things in order

他正在书房里忙着摒挡书籍。

tā zhèng​zài shū​fáng lǐ máng zhe bìng dàng shū​jí.

He is busy tidying up books in the study.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,933rd most common 40.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,491st most common 43.6 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
30.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
挡
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+64CB

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