tīng

hall

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎnguǎng

  

roof

聽 sound component

  Sound component

tīngtìng

  

hear

Evolution

廳 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
廳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tīng

hall, central room; (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department

Most common words with 廳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

餐厅

dining hall

office

大厅

hall

客厅

living room

舞厅

dance hall

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 30.7384% of movies

1157th most common character in movies

1217th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

25

Simplified

Unicode

U+5EF3


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