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打
打 ＝ 扌 ＋ 丁
ㄉㄚˇ · dǎ
verb — to hit; to do, to make (the all-purpose verb)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
FTdīng → dǎ — the final collapsed
A hand (扌) striking; 丁 dīng gives the sound, worn all the way to dǎ. From the blow, the script's general-purpose doer — whatever a hand starts: 打電話、打球、打開.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）一掄，一聲響——釘子（丁）進了木頭。
The hand (扌) swings, one knock — the nail (丁) is in the wood.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)打、打人— to strike常用
→打開、打破— to knock open, to break
⇒打電話、打球— to do — the all-purpose verb
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension