打撃
だげき · dageki · JLPT N1 · noun
blow
🏏🥊 打 (hit) + 撃 (strike) = hit + strike, so a blow, damage, or a batter's swing
Both characters mean to hit or strike, so the word covers physical blows, damage, and batting in baseball. The same 撃 appears in 射撃 (shooting), where it means striking with a bullet.
打 — hand radical 扌 + nail 丁
打 combines the hand radical 扌 (action with the hand) with 丁 (originally a nail), suggesting striking or hitting with the hand. 丁 also serves as a phonetic hint in older readings. The meaning broadened from 'to strike' to a general verb for many hand-based actions, like 打电话 'make a phone call'.