common
formal
verb

Meaning of

挞 means to whip; to beat with a rod or stick. Pronounced tà.

  • to whip; to beat with a rod or stick

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

dài
guān
yuán
néng
huì
fàn
cuò
de
 

Ancient officials might whip slaves who made mistakes.

Jiāng
jūn
xià
lìng
biān
wéi
kàng
jūn
lìng
de
shì
bīng
 

The general ordered to whip soldiers who disobeyed military orders.

Zhè
zhǒng
cán
de
xíng
zǎo
bèi
fèi
chú
 

This cruel whipping punishment has long been abolished.

Xiǎo
shuō
zhōng
miáo
xiě
le
zhǔ
fǎn
kàng
de
de
chǎng
jǐng
 

The novel depicts a scene where the slave owner beats rebellious slaves.

shǐ
zǎi
zhōng
 
shì
cháng
jiàn
de
fāng
shì
zhī
 

In historical records, whipping was one of the common corporal punishment methods.