堂 — Chinese character
堂
táng
hall, large room; government office; cousins
- Pinyin
- táng
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 尚 土
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 尚
- Japanese
- 堂 as a kanji
Common words with 堂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教堂 | jiào táng | church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān) |
| 天堂 | tiān táng | paradise; heaven |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria; 个 (gè),间 (jiān) |
| 学堂 (學堂) | xué táng | college; school (old) |
| 礼堂 (禮堂) | lǐ táng | assembly hall; auditorium; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 殿堂 | diàn táng | palace; hall |
| 大堂 | dà táng | lobby |
| 澡堂 | zǎo táng | public baths |
| 祠堂 | cí táng | ancestral hall; memorial hall |
| 纪念堂 (紀念堂) | jì niàn táng | memorial hall; mausoleum |
| 名堂 | míng tang | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief) |
English words written with 堂
堂 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Analects 3.2
- Analects 10.4
- Analects 11.14
- Analects 19.16
- Art of War 7.32
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.5
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