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U+5802, 堂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5802

[U+5801]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5803]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 32, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火月口土 (FBRG), four-corner 90104, composition 𫩠)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 231, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5207
  • Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 452, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5802
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Chinese

More information simp. and trad., 2nd round simp. ...

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daːŋ): phonetic (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic . But the component 向 actually represents a house.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • tong4-2 - “room or building for a specific purpose; shop; store; mother”.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. main room of a house
  2. (historical) courtroom in a yamen
  3. room or building for a specific purpose; hall; chamber
       jiàotáng   church
       táng   ancestral hall
  4. hall (used in the name of halls, sometimes specifying lineage)
    江夏   Jiāngxià Táng   Jiangxia Hall (an ancestral hall of the surname Huang)
  5. shop; store (in traditional store names)
       Tóngrén Táng   Tong Ren Tang
    [Cantonese]   wai6 jyun4 tong4-2 [Jyutping]   Wai Yuen Tong
  6. (dialectal) class; lesson
    [Cantonese]   soeng5 tong4 [Jyutping]   to attend class
    數學数学 [Cantonese]   sou3 hok6 tong4 [Jyutping]   maths lesson
    [Cantonese]   baat3 bun3 tong4 [Jyutping]   8:30 am class
  7. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather
  8. (honorific) mother
  9. Classifier for sets of furniture.
    家具   táng jiājù   a set of furniture
  10. Classifier for classes or lessons.
       táng   a lesson
       táng dào   a sermon
  11. Classifier for court sessions.
  12. Classifier for scenes or murals.
  13. (Cantonese) Classifier for eyebrows.
  14. (Cantonese) Classifier for tools that are hung when in use.
    [Cantonese]   jat1 tong4 tai1 [Jyutping]   a ladder
  15. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: どう (, Jōyō)だう (dau, historical)
  • Kan-on: とう ()たう (tau, historical)
  • Kun: たかどの (takadono, )すまい (sumai)

Compounds

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC dang).

Pronunciation

Noun

(どう) () だう (dau)?

  1. temple
  2. shrine
  3. hall

Prefix

(どう) (dō-) だう (dau-)?

  1. magnificent (building)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun (jip dang))

  1. hanja form? of (main room; room for a specific purpose)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đường, đoàng, đàng

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