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Keyword
clank
  • frying pan
  • warming vessel
Frequency
#3765
Strokes
11
Readings
dāng
Mnemonic
钅 (metal) gives the meaning and 当 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
铃铛língdang
little bell
锒铛入狱lángdāngrùyù
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom); fig. to be put behind bars; to get jailed
铛dāng
clank; clang; sound of metal
铛铛dāngdāng
(onom.) clang; clank of metal; sound of striking a gong
锒铛lángdāng
iron chains; shackles; (onom.) clank
铛chēng
frying pan; griddle