Chinese Character 唐 Meanings and components.

Form

唐

Meaning

唐 meaning[3] in English

Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Surname Tang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 唐 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , (肀) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with ILR

How to write 唐

To write唐tang2Tang dynasty … you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … 肀yu4 , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 肀 + 口 = 唐

唐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 唐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 唐, looks as follow:

唐
Pinyin:tang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tang Dynasty (618-907) . Surname Tang
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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