当

See also: 噹 and 當

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. bear, accept, undertake
2. just
3. sound of bells

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

当 (traditional 噹, 當, Jyutping dong1, Yale dong1)

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Japanese

Kanji

当

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: あたる (ataru), あてる (ateru), あて (ate)

Prefix

当 (hiragana とう, romaji tō-)

1. this (business or place)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

当 (traditional 噹, 當, Pinyin dāng (dang1), dàng (dang4), Wade-Giles tang¹, tang⁴)

Adverb

当 (simplified, Pinyin dāng, traditional 當)

1. (archaic) still
   • c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5

     云长提华雄之头，掷于地上，其酒当温。

     Yunchang's wine was still warm when he threw Hua Xiong's head on the ground.

Synonyms

• 还
• 尚

Compounds

• 当归

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Vietnamese

Han character

当 (đáng, đương)

References

• Nom Foundation