當 — Chinese character
當
dāng
appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Radical
- 102 ⽥ (Field)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 尚 田
- Formation
- pictophonetic — field; meaning component 田; sound component 尚
- Simplified
- 当
- Japanese
- 當 as a kanji
當 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 3 · Art of War 3 · Mencius 24 · Zhuangzi 37
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 11
- Analects 10.6
- Analects 15.35
- Analects 19.12
- Art of War 2.15
- Art of War 11.30
- Mencius 1B.3
- Mencius 1B.5
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