The Chinese word 打印 (dǎyìn), meaning "to print" (as in printing a document), is a modern compound formed by combining two characters: 打 (dǎ), which originally means "to strike" or "to hit", and 印 (yìn), which means "a seal", "stamp", or "impression". In this compound, 打 has semantically extended to mean "to perform the action of" or "to produce", while 印 retains its core meaning related to leaving a mark. Thus, the term literally conveys the idea of "striking/creating an impression", which logically evolved to describe the mechanical or digital process of printing text or images onto a surface, perfectly capturing the action of a printer striking ink onto paper.