鞑 (dá): Tartar, a tribe in China

鞑 (dá) is a Chinese character meaning “tartar.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 革 (semantic) and 达 (phonetic). It ranks #3693 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 鞑 leather. Its radical form 革 (leather) appears in many related characters such as 鞋 (xié, shoe), 革 (gé, animal hide), 靶 (bǎ, target).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 革 leather15 strokesFrequency #3693革 semantic达 phonetic

Definitions

  1. Tartar
  2. a tribe in China

Etymology & Origin

鞑

pictophoneticleather

Decomposition: ⿰革达 (layout: left-right)

Components:革semantic达phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
鞑靼noundá dáTartar (various northern tribes in ancient China)
鞑靼人noundá dá rénTatar (person)
鞑靼海峡proper-noundá dá hǎi xiáStrait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
驱除鞑虏qū chú dá lǔexpel the Manchu, revolutionary slogan from around 1900
鞑虏noundá lǔTartar (derogatory)
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Total compounds
80
As first character
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As last character
20
As middle character

鞑 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

鞑靼海峡Dádá Hǎixiá

Strait of Tartary (a strait in the Pacific Ocean, between Sakhalin and mainland Asia)

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

鞑字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。

Dá zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .

The way the character "鞑" is written is quite unique, and it really left an impression on me.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 革 (leather) component

鞋xié鞍ān鞭biān靴xuē鞠jū靶bǎ

革 Radical Family — Characters sharing the leather radical

革gé

Related Characters

鞋xié革gé靶bǎ鞭biān鞠jū靴xuē鞍ān

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 鞑 (dá) mean in Chinese?
鞑 (dá) primarily means "tartar." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3693 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 鞑 have?
鞑 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 鞑?
The radical associated with 鞑 is 革 (leather). This radical appears in many characters related to leather.
What are the components of 鞑?
鞑 is composed of: 革 (semantic), 达 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰革达 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 鞑?
Common words with 鞑 include: 鞑靼 (dá dá, "Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China)"); 鞑靼人 (dá dá rén, "Tatar (person)"); 鞑靼海峡 (dá dá hǎi xiá, "Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland"); 驱除鞑虏 (qū chú dá lǔ, "expel the Manchu, revolutionary slogan from around 1900"); 鞑虏 (dá lǔ, "Tartar (derogatory)"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
Is 鞑 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 鞑 and the traditional form is 韃.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.