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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N4

1010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: public chamber, hall

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ドウ

Composition: 尚 土

堂

Radical

Radical: 土

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

食堂(しょくどう)   dining hall

議事堂(ぎじどう)   Diet building

講堂(こうどう)   auditorium

Onyomi Examples

堂 (ドウ) temple, shrine, chapel, hall, company, front room

堂々 (ドウドウ) magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly

殿堂 (デンドウ) palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame

議事堂 (ギジドウ) assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall

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