堂 (táng)

Hall; main room; classifier for classes/lectures.

How 堂 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
⺌ — small
Traditional
堂
Simplified
堂 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 堂

天堂 tiāntáng
paradise; heaven
同堂 tóngtáng
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
堂哥 tánggē
older male cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
堂妹 tángmèi
younger female cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
堂姐 tángjiě
older female cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
堂弟 tángdì
younger male cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
大堂 dàtáng
lobby
學堂 xuétáng
college; school
廳堂 tīngtáng
hall
教堂 jiàotáng
church; chapel; CL:間|间[jian1]
歡聚一堂 huānjùyītáng
to gather happily under one roof
殿堂 diàntáng
palace; hall; temple buildings

堂 in a sentence

我們下午有一堂數學課。

Wǒmen xiàwǔ yǒu yī táng shùxuékè.

“We have a math class this afternoon.”

How common is 堂?

堂 is the 978th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.8% of all running text.

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