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Kanji Detail for 堂 - "hall, magnificent, dignified"

堂

  • Meaning

    堂 means "hall, magnificent, dignified."

    1. Hall - A large room; a building.

    2. Magnificent - Grand; imposing.

    3. Dignified - Stately; noble.

  • Words using 堂

    • 食堂 しょくどう Listen dining room; dining hall; cafeteria
    • 講堂 こうどう Listen auditorium; lecture hall
    • 堂々 どうどう Listen magnificent; grand; impressive
    • 一堂 いちどう Listen one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place
    • 公会堂 こうかいどう Listen town hall; public hall
    • 会堂 かいどう Listen church; chapel; synagogue
    • 殿堂 でんどう Listen palace; hall; shrine
    • 聖堂 せいどう Listen (Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

  • Four-character idioms with 堂

    • 七堂伽藍 しちどうがらん Listen complete seven-structured temple compound
    • 堂塔伽藍 どうとうがらん Listen religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

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    • Verified meaning: hall, magnificent, dignified
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けいどう, たかどの, どう, どうざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 堂

    Given names 堂(けいどう)Listen

    Surnames 堂(たかどの)Listen 堂(どう)Listen 堂(どうざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    public chamber; hall

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hall; government office

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hall, large room; government office; cousins

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The main room of a palace or house. A place for conducting business and performing ceremonies. | Grand. Such as 堂堂 (imposing), 堂皇 (magnificent). | Addressing someone's mother as 堂. Such as 尊堂, 令堂. This expression existed in Jin times. Also called 萱堂. | Brothers of the same grandfather were anciently called 同堂兄弟. Abbreviated as 堂兄弟 (cousins). Thus used to distinguish closeness of relatives. Those more distant are all called 堂. Same great-grandfather is called 從堂. Same great-great-grandfather is called 再從堂.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doh(ドウ) ドウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    hall magnificent dignified respect temple shrine building chapel church elegant grand honorable imposing noble pavilion sacred

Sentences including 堂

  • Where is the cafeteria?

  • Where's the dining car?

  • Walk tall , son.

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