挡 — Chinese character
挡
dǎng
to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard
- Pinyin
- dǎng
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 扌 当
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 擋
Common words with 挡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻挡 (阻擋) | zǔ dǎng | to stop; to resist |
| 挡住 (擋住) | dǎng zhù | to obstruct; to block |
| 抵挡 (抵擋) | dǐ dǎng | to resist; to hold back |
| 遮挡 (遮擋) | zhē dǎng | to shelter; to shelter from |
| 势不可挡 (勢不可擋) | shì bù kě dǎng | see 势不可当 (shì bù kě dāng) |
| 挡箭牌 (擋箭牌) | dǎng jiàn pái | arrow-blocking shield; (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure |
| 挡风玻璃 (擋風玻璃) | dǎng fēng bō li | windshield; wind screen |
| 挡路 (擋路) | dǎng lù | to be in the way; to block the path |
| 风挡 (風擋) | fēng dǎng | windshield |
| 空挡 (空擋) | kōng dǎng | neutral gear |
| 换挡 (換擋) | huàn dǎng | to change gear |
| 手动挡 (手動擋) | shǒu dòng dǎng | manual gear change; shift stick |
English words written with 挡
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.