漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
当: hit, right
Also: appropriate, himself
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
- ⺌small(meaning · sound)
- ⺕(meaning)
⺕ carries the meaning · ⺌ carries meaning and sound
6 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 当日とうじつvery day
- 当時とうじin those days, then, at the time
- 本当ほんとうtruth
- 弁当べんとうlunch vendor, boxed lunch
- 当選するとうせんするbe elected, win a prize
- 担当するたんとうするhave responsibility for
あたるataru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 当たるあたるbe hit [v.i.]
あたりatari · kun'yomi
- 日当たりひあたりexposure to the sun
- 当たり前あたりまえusual, natural, ordinary
あてるateru · kun'yomi
- 当てるあてるhit [v.t.]
あてate · kun'yomi
- 手当てするてあてするprovide medical care
Also read まさに, まさにべし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)尚 (sound) + 田 field (meaning)
Fields facing each other.
Source: Wiktionary, 當 (rev. 92645416), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Small/crown (小 variant) + field/box (田 variant). Originally related to a "fair" distribution or "hitting" a mark; now used for "the present day" or "success."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 當 · dāng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 当. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 當.
- Simplified
- 当 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 當 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dāng 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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