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Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
This post-classical word (its earliest extant attestation is in ) was pronounced *teŋ in Late Old Chinese, as would be expected from a phonetic. By the early period, the character had been borrowed  for another word  with the same meaning ("to flog, to beat") but a different pronunciation (whence Mandarin tà), without the nasal ending. This may be related to the previous reading, as a dialectal variant. In Mandarin and some other varieties, the new reading became standard; however, derivations of the older pronunciation are still used in other varieties such as Wu and Min Nan, as well as Vietnamese.

It has been compared to 🇨🇬 and proposed to be from. Also compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

The pronunciation da is recorded in as 都假切.

Definitions

 * 1) to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat
 * 2) to break by hitting or striking
 * 3)  to play (a percussion instrument)
 * 4) to fight; to attack
 * 5) the act of beating up
 * 6) to get; to fetch
 * 7) to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)
 * 8) to guess; (the riddle) is about
 * 9) to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
 * 10) to fabricate; to build
 * 11) to stir
 * 12) to open
 * 13) to lift
 * 14) to dig
 * 15) to send or call
 * 16) to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
 * 17)  to fire off; to set off; to attack
 * 18)  to perform sexual activity
 * 19) to gather
 * 20) to attach
 * 21) to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
 * 22) to write
 * 23) to paint; to stamp
 * 24)  to type
 * 25) to display (text, an image, etc.)
 * 26) to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
 * 27) to play (a video game or console)
 * 28) to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
 * 29) to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
 * 30) to perform (a martial art)
 * 31) to tie
 * 32) to reduce
 * 33) to remove
 * 34) to stop
 * 35) to mark, to attach
 * 36)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 37) to reach
 * 38) from; since
 * 1) to lift
 * 2) to dig
 * 3) to send or call
 * 4) to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
 * 5)  to fire off; to set off; to attack
 * 6)  to perform sexual activity
 * 7) to gather
 * 8) to attach
 * 9) to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
 * 10) to write
 * 11) to paint; to stamp
 * 12)  to type
 * 13) to display (text, an image, etc.)
 * 14) to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
 * 15) to play (a video game or console)
 * 16) to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
 * 17) to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
 * 18) to perform (a martial art)
 * 19) to tie
 * 20) to reduce
 * 21) to remove
 * 22) to stop
 * 23) to mark, to attach
 * 24)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 25) to reach
 * 26) from; since
 * 1) to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
 * 2) to write
 * 3) to paint; to stamp
 * 4)  to type
 * 5) to display (text, an image, etc.)
 * 6) to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
 * 7) to play (a video game or console)
 * 8) to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
 * 9) to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
 * 10) to perform (a martial art)
 * 11) to tie
 * 12) to reduce
 * 13) to remove
 * 14) to stop
 * 15) to mark, to attach
 * 16)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 17) to reach
 * 18) from; since
 * 1) to play (mahjong, card games, etc.)
 * 2) to perform (a martial art)
 * 3) to tie
 * 4) to reduce
 * 5) to remove
 * 6) to stop
 * 7) to mark, to attach
 * 8)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 9) to reach
 * 10) from; since
 * 1) to reduce
 * 2) to remove
 * 3) to stop
 * 4) to mark, to attach
 * 5)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 6) to reach
 * 7) from; since
 * 1) to mark, to attach
 * 2)  to correspond to; to be associated with
 * 3) to reach
 * 4) from; since
 * 1) to reach
 * 2) from; since
 * 1) from; since

Etymology 2
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Definitions

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