擋

擋 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手火月田 (QFBW), four-corner 5906₆, composition ⿰扌當)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 458, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12802
• Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1968, character 3
• Unihan data for U+64CB

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 當 (OC *taːŋ, *taːŋs).

From 當 (OC *taːŋ, “to have the value of; to be equal of; to face; vis-à-vis; to match”) and originally written as 當 (Wang, 1982).

擋

1. to block; to obstruct

   擋住去路／挡住去路  ―  dǎng zhù qùlù  ―  to block the way

   搵嘢擋住啲雨 [Cantonese, trad.]
   揾嘢挡住啲雨 [Cantonese, simp.]

   wan² je⁵ dong² zyu⁶ di¹ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]

   find something to protect oneself from (lit. block off) the rain

   • 玄德苦擋，雲長不依，只領五百校刀手而去。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     玄德苦挡，云长不依，只领五百校刀手而去。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Xuándé kǔ dǎng, Yúncháng bù yī, zhǐ lǐng wǔbǎi jiàodāoshǒu ér qù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to hide from view; to cover; to obscure
3. (automotive) gear

   二擋／二挡  ―  èrdǎng  ―  second gear

   手動擋／手动挡  ―  shǒudòngdǎng  ―  manual transmission

   跳擋／跳挡  ―  tiàodǎng  ―  to pop out of gear; to skip a gear when shifting

4. (Northern Wu) to handle; to keep in place; to hold fast; to hold and shield with hand

   擋筷兒／挡筷儿 [Suzhounese]  ―  ⁵taon ¹khue-ng₀ [Wugniu]  ―  to hold a pair of chopsticks steady; (broadly) to use chopsticks

   • 大家看見仔覅嚇一嚇個啊，要緊奔上來好婆擋擋牢，萬一跌下來闖窮禍唻。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     大家看见仔覅吓一吓个啊，要紧奔上来好婆挡挡牢，万一跌下来闯穷祸𫪁。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2017, 胡寶談 [Hu Baotan],上海人門檻 [The Shanghainese Way of Passing]

     ⁶da-ka ¹khoe-ci-tsy ⁶viau ⁷haq-iq-haq-gheq-a ¹iau-cin ¹pen-zaon-le ⁵hau-bu ⁵taon-taon ⁶lau ⁶ve-iq ⁷tiq-gho-le ⁵tshaon-jion-wu-le [Wugniu]

     Now everybody gets anxious at the sight of this of course; they rush and run to support granny and keep her on there; it'd be a disaster if she actually fell.

• (to block):

• (to hide from view):

• (antonym(s) of “to block”):

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: さける (sakeru, 擋ける)

擋: Hán Nôm readings: đương, đáng

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