挡 Strokes Write it Listen 挡 dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder HSK 5 9 strokes Radical 扌 Ideograph 3 words Built from扌shǒuhand当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells How it worksA hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation.