堂 — kanji meaning “public chamber”
堂
public chamber, hall
- Meanings
- public chamber, hall
- On'yomi
- ドウ (dou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1010 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- táng — Chinese character page
Words with 堂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食堂 | しょくどう shokudou | dining room; dining hall; cafeteria |
| 堂々 | どうどう doudou | magnificent; grand; impressive |
| 講堂 | こうどう koudou | auditorium; lecture hall |
| 聖堂 | せいどう seidou | (Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary |
| 殿堂 | でんどう dendou | palace; hall |
| 議事堂 | ぎじどう gijidou | assembly hall; parliament house; diet building |
| 公会堂 | こうかいどう koukaidou | town hall; public hall |
| 一堂 | いちどう ichidou | one building (hall, temple, shrine, room) |
| 本堂 | ほんどう hondou | main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple |
| 辻堂 | つじどう tsujidou | wayside shrine |
| 会堂 | かいどう kaidou | church; chapel; synagogue |
| 経堂 | きょうどう kyoudou | sutra library |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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