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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

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

尚 "high" over 土 "earth"; a broad building raised on a mound — hence "hall."

OFFICIAL READINGS

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

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 食堂しょくどう

    dining hall; canteen

  • 公会堂こうかいどう

    public hall

More words with this kanji

  • 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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昼(ひる)は食堂(しょくどう)でご飯(はん)を食(た)べる。

At noon I eat in the dining hall.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

公会堂公会堂食堂堂会to mee…公public食to eat圧pressu…在to exi…均even型mould基founda…銅copper導to gui…仂remain…同same吋inch
CompoundRadicalReading

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