당

당 U+B2F9, 당 HANGUL SYLLABLE DANG Composition: ㄷ + ㅏ + ㅇ ← 닸 [U+B2F8] Hangul Syllables 닺 → [U+B2FA]

다닥닦닧단닩닪 닫달닭닮닯닰닱 닲닳담답닶닷닸 당닺닻닼닽닾닿
니 ←	→ 대

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [당]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dang
McCune–Reischauer?	tang
Yale Romanization?	tang

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 當 (“to bear, accept, undertake”).

Noun

당 • (dang) (hanja 當)

1. justice
2. this, that, something already mentioned

   Synonyms: 이 (i), 그 (geu)

Derived terms

• 당신(當身) (dangsin, “you”)
• 해당(該當) (haedang, “applicable”)
• 정당(正當) (jeongdang, “rightfulness”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 黨 (“party, faction”).

Noun

당 • (dang) (hanja 黨)

1. party, faction

   Synonym: 당파(黨派) (dangpa)

Proper noun

당 • (Dang) (hanja 黨)

1. (North Korea) Workers' Party of Korea
   • 1961, “세상에 부럼없어라 (Sesang'e bureomeopseora)”, 집체(集體) (jipche, “collective work”) (lyrics):

     우리의 아버진 김일성원수님
     우리의 집은 당의 품
     우리는 모두 다 친형제
     세상에 부럼없어라

     Uri-ui abeojin Gimilseong'wonsunim
     Uri-ui jib-eun dang-ui pum
     Uri-neun modu da chinhyeongje
     Sesang-e bureomeopseora

     Our father is Marshall Kim Il Sung
     Our home is the bosom of the Party
     We are all brothers and sisters
     We have nothing to envy in the world.

Derived terms

• 정당(政黨) (jeongdang, “political party”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 糖 (“sugar”).

Noun

당 • (dang) (hanja 糖)

1. sugar

   Synonym: 설탕(雪糖) (seoltang)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 唐 (“Tang dynasty”).

Noun

당 • (dang) (hanja 唐)

1. Tang dynasty

   Synonym: 당나라 (Dangnara)

2. (as a pre-noun) Chinese, foreign (referring to products introduced from China)

   당옴 ― dang'om ― "Chinese scabies" (syphilis)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

당 (dang)

Extended content

堂: main room; room for a specific purpose (eumhun reading: 집 당 (jip dang)) (MC reading: 堂 (MC dang)) 塘: (MC reading: 塘 (MC dang)) 鐺: (MC reading: 鐺 (MC tang|tsrhaeng)) 撞: (MC reading: 撞 (MC draewng|draewngH)) 幢: (MC reading: 幢 (MC draewng|draewngH)) 戇: (MC reading: 戇 (MC xuwngH|traewngH)) 棠: (MC reading: 棠 (MC dang)) 螳: (MC reading: 螳 (MC dang)) 倘: (MC reading: 倘) 儻: (MC reading: 儻 (MC thangX|thangH)) 搪: (MC reading: 搪 (MC dang)) 檔: (MC reading: 檔 (MC tang)) 溏: (MC reading: 溏 (MC dang)) 瑭: (MC reading: 瑭 (MC dang)) 璫: (MC reading: 璫 (MC tang)) 瞠: (MC reading: 瞠 (MC trhaeng)) 礑: (MC reading: 礑) 蟷: (MC reading: 蟷 (MC tang)) 襠: (MC reading: 襠 (MC tang)) 讜: (MC reading: 讜 (MC tangX)) 鏜: (MC reading: 鏜 (MC thang)) 餳: (MC reading: 餳) 餹: (MC reading: 餹 (MC dang))

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]