táng
pond
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 塘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pool | ||
dyke | ||
pool | ||
Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hángzhōu] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[ZhèjiāngShěng] | ||
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīnhǎixīnqū] |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.rˤaŋ (~ *mə.rˤaŋ) | dang | táng | dam, dike |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.1144% of movies
2889th most common character in movies
2436th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+5858 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“塘，隄也。从土，唐聲。” |
Sources
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