堂

Translingual

Han character

堂 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月口土 (FBRG), four-corner 9010₄)

1. hall
2. government office

References

• KangXi: page 231, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5207
• Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 452, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5802

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Cantonese

Hanzi

堂 (Yale tong4)

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Japanese

Kanji

堂 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: どう (dō), とう (tō)
• Kun: たかどの (takadono), すまい (sumai)

Compounds

• 食堂 (しょくどう, shokudō): cafeteria, dining room

Noun

堂 (hiragana どう, romaji dō)

1. temple
2. shrine
3. hall

Prefix

堂 (hiragana どう, romaji dō-)

1. magnificent (building)

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Korean

Hanja

堂 (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune-Reischauer tang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

堂 (pinyin táng (tang2), Wade-Giles t'ang²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堂 (đường, đoàng)