当

See also: 𢑐, 當, and 噹

当 U+5F53, 当 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F53 ← 归 [U+5F52] CJK Unified Ideographs 彔 → [U+5F54]

当 U+2F874, 当 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F874 ← 将 [U+2F873] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 尢 → [U+2F875]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Japanese	当
Simplified	当
Traditional	當

Han character

当 (radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火尸一 (FSM), composition ⿱⺌彐)

Derived characters

• 垱 挡 档 珰 裆 𥹥 𫟰(铛) 㓥 筜

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 297, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9913
• Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F53

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 當. From cursive script.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 當 (“to face; to turn towards; to bear; to withstand; to resist; etc.”). (This character, 当, is the simplified and variant form of 當.)

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 噹 (“the sound of bells”). (This character, 当, is the simplified form of 噹.)

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	当
Kyūjitai	當

Kanji

当

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 當)

1. hit
2. target; objective; goal
3. right; correct; appropriate
4. the aforementioned ...; the ... in question

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: あたる (ataru, 当たる, Jōyō); あてる (ateru, 当てる, Jōyō); まさに (masani, 当に)

Compounds

Compounds

• 当(とう)来(らい) (tōrai, “afterlife”)
• 本(ほん)当(とう) (hontō, “true”)
• 当然(とうぜん) (tōzen, “naturally, matter of course”)

Prefix

当(とう) • (tō-) 

1. this (business or place)

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Korean

Hanja

当 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

当: Hán Nôm readings: đáng, đương

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation