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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

唐: T'ang, China

Also: foreign

N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

广 and 口 carry the meaning · ⺕ is drawn in

10 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 唐突とうとつabrupt; sudden
  • 唐辛子とうがらしcapsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the…
  • 唐とうTang dynasty (of China; 618-907)
  • 遣唐使けんとうしenvoy to Tang China

からkara · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 唐草からくさarabesque pattern
  • 唐揚げからあげdeep-frying food lightly coated in flour…

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
广

Also built on slant roof (广)

All 25
⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108

唐 gives its sound to

The family reading is トウ (tou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read トウ

49 kanji share this on'yomiAll 49

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
唐 T'ang · 广
vs事 matter · 亅
唐 has 广 where 事 has 亅.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · táng

Same form: 唐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
唐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
唐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin táng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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