噠 meaning and stroke order
A sound made to get a horse to move
How to write 噠, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 噠
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (phonetic)
- command to a horse
- clatter (of horses' hoofs)
How 噠 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 達 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 噠
The mouth 口 on the left makes a sound, and 達 (dá, to reach) on the right gives the sound. Picture a rider clicking with the mouth so the horse will reach its goal.
噠 is mostly a sound word. It imitates a command to a horse or the clatter of hooves, and it often appears doubled or in a string of sounds. Example: 馬蹄噠噠地響。(Mǎtí dādā de xiǎng.) The horse's hooves went clip-clop.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes drop the 口 and write 達 (dá), which means to reach and has a different tone. Keep the mouth radical whenever you mean the sound, and say it with first tone, dā.
Questions about 噠
How many strokes are in 噠?
噠 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 噠 mean?
噠 (dā) means a sound made to get a horse to move.
How do you pronounce 噠?
噠 is pronounced dā, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 噠?
The radical of 噠 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 噠 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 噠?
噠 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 哒, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 噠 used in modern online slang?
Yes. In casual online writing, 噠 (often written 哒 in simplified) is added to the end of a sentence as a cute, playful particle, as in 好噠 (hǎo dā), meaning okay. It is very informal.
How is 噠 written in simplified Chinese?
In simplified Chinese it is written 哒, with 达 on the right in place of 達. The meaning and the pronunciation dā stay the same.