堂 – vocab dash

Keyword

assembly hall

public chamber
hall

Frequency: #1010
Strokes: 11
Grade: 5
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 861

Readings

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Mnemonic

Rays of light pour through a roof without a chimney into the assembly hall, where one giant mouth preaches to a crowd seated on bare earth.

Stroke order

Composed of

⺌rays of light 冖roof without a chimney 口mouth 土earth

Used in kanji

膛chest 瞠stare intently 螳mantis 鏜boring tool 鞺sound of drums

Used in vocabulary

堂どう

temple; shrine; chapel; hall; company

Noun

食しょく堂どう

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom; restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner

Noun

堂どう々どう

magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately; fair; square; open; …

Taru-adjective

聖せい堂どう

(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

Noun

講こう堂どう

auditorium; lecture hall

Noun

国こっ会かい議ぎ事じ堂どう

parliament building; parliament house; National Diet Building (Japan); (US) Capitol; Houses of Parliament; National Assembly building

Noun

一いち堂どう

one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building

Noun

公こう会かい堂どう

town hall; public hall

Noun

会かい堂どう

church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle

Noun

殿でん堂どう

palace; hall; shrine; temple; sanctuary; hall of fame

Noun

議ぎ事じ堂どう

assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall

Noun

堂どう々どう巡めぐり

going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

Noun

食じき堂どう

dining hall (at a temple)

Noun

陪堂ほいとう

being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); serving food; food served; begging; beggar

Noun

任にん天てん堂どう

Nintendo

Noun

資し生せい堂どう

Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)

Noun

本ほん堂どう

main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple

Noun

金こん堂どう

main temple structure (sanctuary, hall)

Noun

辻つじ堂どう

wayside shrine

Noun

正せい々せい堂どう々どう

fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

No-adjective

御み堂どう

enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)

Noun

経きょう堂どう

sutra library

Noun

僧そう堂どう

temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

Noun

三さん省せい堂どう

Sanseido (publisher)

Noun