堂 – public chamber, hall

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The kanji 堂 means public chamber, hall. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドウ (dou). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドウ	dou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 口・尚・土・冖.

Words using 堂

食堂しょくどうdining room講堂こうどうauditorium堂々どうどうmagnificent議事堂ぎじどうassembly hall

Example sentences

私達の家は食堂を含めて７部屋あります。

Our house has seven rooms including the dining room.

Tatoeba #151991

私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。

I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.

Tatoeba #157887

その教師は講堂に学生を集めた。

The teacher assembled the students in the hall.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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