挡

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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)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components 扌当

fend off · Heisig RSH #2206

fingers + 当 work as

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自动挡	zì dòng dǎng	automatic transmission; auto gear shift
手动挡	shǒu dòng dǎng	manual gear change; shift stick
势不可挡	shì bù kě dǎng	see 勢不可當\|势不可当[shi4 bu4 ke3 dang1]
行进挡	xíng jìn dǎng	forward gear
放空挡	fàng kōng dǎng	to coast along in neutral gear (in a car); (coll.) to go commando
兵来将挡，水来土掩	bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn	counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call fo…
自动挂挡	zì dòng guà dǎng	automatic gear change
后挡板	hòu dǎng bǎn	backboard
倒车挡	dào chē dǎng	reverse gear
高速挡	gāo sù dǎng	top gear; high gear
头挡	tóu dǎng	first gear
风挡	fēng dǎng	windshield
门挡	mén dǎng	doorstop
空挡	kōng dǎng	neutral gear
挡路	dǎng lù	to be in the way; to block the path
书挡	shū dǎng	bookend
格挡	gé dǎng	to parry; to fend off; to block (a blow)
挂空挡	guà kōng dǎng	see 放空擋\|放空挡[fang4 kong1 dang3]
挡泥板	dǎng ní bǎn	(car, bicycle etc) fender; mudguard; (UK) wing
调挡	tiáo dǎng	gear shift