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Kanji Detail for 堂 - "hall, grand, dignified"
堂
- Meaning
堂 means "hall, grand, dignified."
Hall - A large room; a building.
Magnificent - Grand; imposing.
Dignified - Stately; noble.
- 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.
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Sentences including 堂
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
自分が死んだ後、この孤独な母を、たった一人｜伽藍堂のわが家に取り残すのもまた甚だしい不安であった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
彼の座敷は本堂のすぐ傍の狭い室でしたが、彼はそこで自分の思う通りに勉強ができたのを喜んでいるらしく見えました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
彼の座敷は本堂のすぐ傍の狭い室でしたが、彼はそこで自分の思う通りに勉強ができたのを喜んでいるらしく見えました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha