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Mythic Mandarin

撞 (zhuàng): meaning and stroke order

撞 (zhuàng) means to knock against, to bump into, to run into, to meet by accident.

撞

Simplified
撞
Traditional
撞 (same form)
Pinyin
zhuàng

Stroke order of 撞

撞

  • zhuàng to knock against; to bump into
  • 15 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 撞

  1. zhuàng
    • to knock against
    • to bump into
    • to run into
    • to meet by accident

Radical and structure

撞
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 15 strokes · 扌 on the left, 童 on the right

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.

撞 in our stories

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  • 第一次，它被水冲了回来；第二次，它撞到了石头上。

    dì-yī cì tā bèi shuǐ chōng le huílai dì-èr cì tā zhuàng dào le shítou shàng

    The first time, the water swept it back; the second time, it hit a rock.

    From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

  • 爷爷来店里，给他讲了一个老故事：一个农民看见兔子撞死在树下，就天天守在树旁边，再也不种地了。

    yéye lái diàn lǐ gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè lǎo gùshi yí gè nóngmín kànjiàn tùzi zhuàng sǐ zài shù xià jiù tiāntiān shǒu zài shù pángbiān zài yě bú zhòng dì le

    His grandfather came to the shop and told him an old story: a farmer saw a hare run into a tree and die, so he sat by the tree every day and never worked his field again.

    From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4

  • 共工又羞又怒，竟然一头撞向了不周山。

    Gònggōng yòu xiū yòu nù jìngrán yì tóu zhuàng xiàng le Bùzhōu Shān

    Humiliated and furious, Gonggong rammed his head into Mount Buzhou.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 撞

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).