擋

to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

挡 = 当 + 扌 : An angry pitbull (当) attacks Don Quixote (d) in the anglepod (ang3), but Don Quixote resists (挡) with a toy claw (扌). The pitbull bites into the toy claw fiercely, but the toy claw is able to resist (挡) his bite.

挡

擋

dàng = d + ang4

to arrange / to put in order

擋 character breakdown

擋
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 當
  - 尚
    - 冋
      - 冂
        
        丨
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
      - 口
      - 囗
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - ⺌
      - 小
        
        亅
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

当

當

da̅ng = d + ang1

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

当 = 小 + 彐 : This character looks like an angry pitbull. 小 forms the eyes and maybe nose, and 彐 are the dangerous teeth.

当 = 小 + 彐 : Don Quixote opposes a dangerous pit bull in front of the anglepod, and he tries to calm him down with a daisy.

当

當

dàng = d + ang4

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

Characters with 擋 as component

擋 is not used as a component in another character.

擋

擋 character breakdown

Characters with 擋 as component

Words with 擋

Sentences with 擋