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堂

public chamber
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JōyōGrade 5KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. public chamber
  2. hallRtK
  1. temple
  2. shrine
  3. chapel
  4. company

Popular Usage

食堂講堂議事堂

Radicals and components

Radical土earthComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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outhouse · small (小) · little (小) · crown (冖) · mouth (口) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 861

Compound words

食堂しょくどう
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom
講堂こうどう
auditorium; lecture hall
議事堂ぎじどう
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament
一堂いちどう
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
会堂かいどう
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
聖堂せいどう
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
殿堂でんどう
palace; hall; shrine; temple; sanctuary
本堂ほんどう
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
堂々どうどう
magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic
公会堂こうかいどう
town hall; public hall
国会議事堂こっかいぎじどう
parliament building; parliament house; National Diet Building (Japan); (US) Capitol; Houses of Parliament

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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