党

See also: 黨

党 U+515A, 党 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-515A ← 兙 [U+5159] CJK Unified Ideographs 兛 → [U+515B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	党
Simplified	党
Traditional	党/黨

Han character

党 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+8, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 火月口竹山 (FBRHU), four-corner 9021₆, composition ⿱𫩠儿 or ⿱龸兄)

Derived characters

• 傥, 𧫆 (谠), 鎲 (镋)

Additional derived characters

• 𰄆, 𭉧, 𪤅, 𰑿, 𫽮, 𣺼, 𭧋, 𣗋, 𬊵, 𰥹, 𰳏, 𳁄, 𰃔, 𳃚, 𲄪, 𰟊

Related characters

• 黨 (Orthodox form in Traditional Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1381
• Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 273, character 11
• Unihan data for U+515A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 儿 (“human”).

Besides its original senses, it is used as a simplified substitute for the character 黨.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 党 – see 黨 (“community; fellow community member; gang; faction; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 黨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		党

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎng (dang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tang³
    • Yale: dǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daang
    • Palladius: дан (dan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dong²
    • Yale: dóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóng
    • Tâi-lô: tóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dorng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵²/

Definitions

党

1. a surname

   党家村  ―  Dǎngjiā Cūn  ―  Dangjia Village

2. used in 党項 (Dǎngxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji

党

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. Mostly used in 党(タン)項(グート) (tangūto, “Tangut”)

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Usage notes

Rare as an original character, and even more rarely used with its original reading.

Kanji

Shinjitai	党
Kyūjitai	黨

党

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 黨)

1. political party

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: なかま (nakama, 党)^{←なかま (nakama, 党, historical)}、むら (mura, 党)^{←むら (mura, 党, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
党
とう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
黨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ː]
• (Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

党(とう) • (tō) 

1. political party

Suffix

党(とう) • (-tō) 

1. political party

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
党
たむら Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黨 (kyūjitai)

Noun

党(たむら) • (tamura) 

1. alternative form of 屯

References

• “^△党”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Vietnamese

Han character

This flag used by the Indochinese Communist Party, uses the simplified character, 党 (top right), instead of the traditional character đảng (黨). The photo says Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương (党共産東洋; Indochinese Communist Party).

党: Hán Nôm readings: đảng, đoảng

Noun

党

1. alternative form of 黨 (chữ Hán form of đảng (“(politics) a political party”))