蕩 — Chinese character
蕩
dàng
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
- Pinyin
- dàng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 艹 湯
- Formation
- ideographic — Hot water 湯 wiping out plant life 艹; 湯 also provides the pronunciation
- Simplified
- 荡
- Japanese
- 蕩 as a kanji
蕩 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 6 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 13
- Analects 7.36
- Analects 8.19
- Analects 17.8
- Analects 17.16
- Mencius 3A.4
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
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