懂中文 Dong Chinese

撞

zhuàng

knock against

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

童 sound component

童  Sound component

tóng

  

child

Evolution

撞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

撞  

zhuàng

knock against, bump into, collide; to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident

Most common words with 撞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

撞

to bump into

碰撞

to collide

撞击

to strike

相撞

collision

撞车

to crash (into another car)