撞
zhuàng · HSK 5
to bump into
💥 撞 = 扌(hand) + 童(child) — a hand bumping a running child
The 扌 radical signals action with the hand or body; 童 (child) lends the sound zhuàng. Together: a body colliding with something — to bump, knock, or run into by accident.
撞 — hand radical 扌 + 童 (child/zhuàng phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning of striking or colliding, an action done with force. The component 童 supplies the sound, close to 'zhuàng'. Together they form a character meaning to bump into, strike, or crash against something.