to hit, to strike, to beat

to strike, to hit, to beat, to attack, to collide, to knock

 — to strike or attack
碰 — to bump into


to strike, to rush, to collide

hand

 — semantic component meaning “hand; action done with the hand”;


child, youth

 — phonetic component indicating the sound (당 / zhuàng).
The character originally described striking or hitting something with force.
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<b>Semantic development:</b>
- to strike or hit something;
- physical collision;
- accidental encounter or coincidence.
The meaning has broadened from physical collision to include chance encounters or coincidences.

撞 is rarely used in modern Korean vocabulary, but appears in classical texts with the meaning to strike or collide.

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to squeeze, to press out, to extract

to strike, to beat, to whip, to lash

to pick, to pluck, to take with the hand

to rub, to stroke, to polish

to grasp, to hold firmly, sincere, earnest

to feel, to touch, to grope with the hand

to trace, to copy by hand

to bend, to warp, to curve, to twist

to strike, to collide, to bump into

to remove, to withdraw, to take away

to manage, to handle, to settle (affairs)

to scatter, to sow, to spread, to disperse

to gather, to pick up, to seize with the fingers, to shoot, to film

to hold, to embrace, surround, support

to choose, to select, to pick out

to hold, to grasp, to manage, to control, conduct, integrity

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撞

Etymology

Usage in Korean

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