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打算 (dǎ suàn): meaning and stroke order

打算 (dǎ suàn) means to plan, to intend, to calculate, plan, intention, calculation, 个.

打算

Simplified
打算
Traditional
打算 (same form)
Pinyin
dǎ suàn

Stroke order of 打算

打

  • dá (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
  • dǎ a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

算

  • suàn to regard as; to figure
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 打算

  1. dǎ suàn
    • to plan
    • to intend
    • to calculate
    • plan
    • intention
    • calculation
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

打
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 5 strokes · 扌 on the left, 丁 on the right
算
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 14 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 𥃲 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

打算 in our stories

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  • 许仙醒来后，明白了妻子对自己的深情，再也不在乎她是人还是蛇了。可是法海并不打算放过他们。

    Xǔ Xiān xǐng lái hòu míngbai le qīzi duì zìjǐ de shēnqíng zài yě bú zàihu tā shì rén háishi shé le kěshì Fǎhǎi bìng bù dǎsuàn fàngguò tāmen

    When Xu Xian woke he understood his wife's deep love for him and no longer cared whether she was human or snake. But Fahai had no intention of letting them go.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 打算

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).