1. 堂

堂

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  1. 堂 is the 978th most frequent character.
  2. 堂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 堂 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 堂 appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
堂 => No glyph available, 土
Radical :
堂 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
堂 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tang2 - (main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc/CL:間|间[jian1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 堂 (tang2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

天堂 

Medium Frequency

同堂 
堂 
堂哥 
堂妹 
堂姐 
堂弟 
大堂 
学堂 (學堂)
厅堂 (廳堂)
教堂 
欢聚一堂 (歡聚一堂)
殿堂 
满堂 (滿堂)
澡堂 
祠堂 
礼堂 (禮堂)
课堂 (課堂)
食堂 
饭堂 (飯堂)
齐聚一堂 (齊聚一堂)

Appears In:

堂 also appears in:
膛瞠螳蹚樘镗鼞闛鞺
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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