堂 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」
- On
- ドウどう · dō
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- hall; public chamber
Stroke order
Origin
尚 "high" over 土 "earth"; a broad building raised on a mound — hence "hall."
Readings and examples
| Onドウどうdō | 堂々とどうどうと殿堂でんどう母堂ぼどう |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 食堂しょくどう
dining hall; canteen
- 公会堂こうかいどう
public hall
- 講堂こうどう
- 廟堂びょうどう
- 鳳凰堂ほうおうどう
- 祠堂しどう
Example
昼は食堂でご飯を食べる。
At noon I eat in the dining hall.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)