táng
hall
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.
Evolution
![堂 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC) 堂 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A0%82_0.png)
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)![堂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 堂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A0%82_5.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![堂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 堂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A0%82_9.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ˤaŋ | dang | táng | hall |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 38.5712% of movies
911th most common character in movies
980th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5802 |
Shuowen | “堂,殿也。从土,尚聲。坣,古文堂。,籀文堂从高。” |
Sources
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