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嗒

dā
onomatopoeia #7,337

Meanings

  1. 1 tap; click (onomatopoeia for a light tapping sound)
  2. 2 used in reduplication: 嗒嗒 (tapping/clicking sound)

Characters

嗒
dā
clicking/tapping sound
Contains the mouth radical 口 (kǒu), indicating it represents a sound.

Examples

马蹄嗒嗒地响。
Mǎtí dādā de xiǎng.
The horse's hooves clattered with a clip-clop sound.
键盘发出嗒嗒的声音。
Jiànpán fāchū dādā de shēngyīn.
The keyboard made a clacking sound.
钟表嗒嗒地走着。
Zhōngbiǎo dādā de zǒu zhe.
The clock ticked away.

Tips

usage
嗒 is almost always used in reduplicated form 嗒嗒 (dādā) to represent repetitive tapping/clicking sounds. Also appears in 吧嗒 (bādā) for the sound of smacking lips or dripping.

Stroke Order

嗒 dā