Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

堂: public chamber, hall

JLPT N411 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 尚 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 食堂しょくどうdining hall
  • 議事堂ぎじどうDiet building
  • 講堂こうどうauditorium
  • 堂どうtemple; shrine; chapel
  • 堂々どうどうmagnificent; grand; impressive
  • 一堂いちどうone building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
  • 会堂かいどうchurch; chapel; synagogue
  • 聖堂せいどう(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)尚 (sound) + 土 (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 堂 (rev. 91693858), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Small/crown (小 variant) + earth (土). A grand "building" or "hall" built on the "earth," where the "small" top strokes represent the majestic roof or ornament.”
From the 小 small story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尚

Also built on esteem (尚)

The 尚 family reads ショウ (shou); 堂 is read ドウ.

土

Also built on earth (土)

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Also read ドウ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
堂 public chamber · 土
vs常 usual · 吊
堂 has 土 where 常 has 吊.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · táng

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

Simplified
堂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
堂 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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