(): to put up, to build (scaffolding), to hang (clothes on a pole)

() is a Chinese character meaning “to put up.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1825 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, hand. Its radical form (hand) appears in many related characters such as (shǒu, hand), (, hit, make), (zhǎo, to look for).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to put up
  2. to build (scaffolding)
  3. to hang (clothes on a pole)

Etymology & Origin

pictophonetichand

Decomposition: ⿰扌荅 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verb/adjectivedā pèito pair up6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
dā dàngto cooperate
dā shànto hit on someone
gōu dato gang up
dā chéngto ride as a passenger
dā livariant of 答理[da1 li5]
dā huàto talk
dā jiànto build (esp. with simple materials)
dā jiùto rescue
dā zài(of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload)
bái dāno use
dā chēto ride (in a vehicle)
dā jièan interface
dā bàntravel with another
dā huǒto join up with sb
dā qiāngto answer
75
Total compounds
67
As first character
12
As last character
21
As middle character

appears in 75 compound words: 67 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

dàng
0.67038,514 co-occurrences
chéng
0.64287,066 co-occurrences
zài
0.58439,030 co-occurrences
pèi
0.56583,214 co-occurrences
péng
0.4362,514 co-occurrences
péng
0.4241,174 co-occurrences
gōu
0.4091,884 co-occurrences
zhàng
0.374658 co-occurrences
tóng
0.37213 co-occurrences
zuǐ
0.3681,692 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

gōu jiān dā bèiHSK 7+

(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders

phrase
gōu sān dā sìHSK 7+

to make hanky-panky; to seduce women

phrase
huā hua dā dāHSK 6+

mixed; uneven in texture

phrase
shǒu dā liáng péngHSK 7+

to shade one's eyes with one's hand

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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Have "disembarkation syndrome" after a cruise? Women aged 30-60...

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The rise of sovereign satellite business opportunities Huatong has become a big winner on the boom

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... Xianfu 9m88 Ke Weilin interprets the daily wear of technological fabrics

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Nearly 70% of Japanese people choose to endure...

Tatoeba

您真的点了地瓜片来配素食汉堡吗?

Nín zhēn de diǎn le dìguā piàn lái dāpèi sùshí hànbǎo ma?

Did you really order sweet potato fries to go with your veggie burger?

Tatoeba

大家车要注意喔!

Dàjiā dāchē yào zhùyì ō!

Be careful when taking the taxi!

Tatoeba

或者你必须这辆公车?

Huòzhě nǐ bìxū dā zhè liàng gōngchē?

Or do you have to take the bus?

Tatoeba

汤姆公车去市区。

Tāngmǔ dā gōngchē qù shìqū.

Tom takes the bus to the city.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 搭 (dā) mean in Chinese?
搭 (dā) primarily means "to put up." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1825 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 搭 and 下?
搭 (dā) and 下 (xià) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 搭 (up) vs 下 (down).
How many strokes does 搭 have?
搭 is written with 13 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 搭?
The radical associated with 搭 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 搭?
搭 is composed of: 扌 (semantic), 荅 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌荅 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 搭?
Common words with 搭 include: 搭档 (dā dàng, "to cooperate"); 搭配 (dā pèi, "to pair up"); 搭讪 (dā shàn, "to hit on someone"); 勾搭 (gōu da, "to gang up"); 搭乘 (dā chéng, "to ride as a passenger"). There are over 75 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 搭 (dā)?
Several characters share the pronunciation dā: 达 (to attain), 答 (bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答, used in 答應|答应, 答理 etc), 打 (hit, make), 大 (big). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 搭 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 搭 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.