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堂

public chamber
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JōyōGrade 5KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. public chamber
    食堂は何時にあきますか。What time does the dining room open?tatoeba
    食堂へ行って食事をしよう。Let's adjourn to the dining room for dinner.tatoeba
  2. hallRtK
  1. temple
  2. shrine
  3. chapel
  4. company

Popular Usage

食堂講堂議事堂

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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
聖堂せいどう
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
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
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
廟堂びょうどう
mausoleum
母堂ぼどう
(another's) mother
祠堂しどう
lay ancestral hall
位牌堂いはいどう
mortuary chapel
伽藍堂がらんどう
empty
会堂司かいどうづかさ
ruler of a synagogue
芸艸堂うんそうどう
Unsodo
持佛堂じぶつどう
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
淳久堂じゅんくどう
Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)
七堂伽藍しちどうがらん
complete seven-structured temple compound
転法輪堂てんぼうりんどう
Buddhist sermon hall
ユダヤ教会堂ユダヤきょうかいどう
synagogue

On Reading Examples

食堂はセルフサービスでした。しょくどう
The cafeteria was self-service.tatoeba
食堂はどこですか。しょくどう
Where is the cafeteria?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は非難されても堂々としていた。
He stood tall even under criticism.tatoeba
彼は堂々と振る舞う。
He carries himself regally.tatoeba
彼は演説を堂々とやった。
He delivered his speech splendidly.tatoeba
彼はその式典で堂々と振る舞った。
He bore himself well at the ceremony.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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