当

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See also: 𢑐, 當, and 噹
当 U+5F53, 当
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F53
← 归
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彔 →

当 U+2F874, 当
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F874
← 将
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 尢 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order
Japanese 当
Simplified 当
Traditional 當

Han character

当 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火尸一 (FSM), composition ⿱⺌𫜹)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9913
  • Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5F53

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 當／当. From cursive script.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 當 (“to face; to turn towards; to bear; to withstand; to resist; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 當).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 噹 (“the sound of bells”).
(This character is the simplified form of 噹).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

当

Kyūjitai

當

Kanji

当

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 當)

  1. hit
  2. target; objective; goal
  3. right; correct; appropriate
  4. the aforementioned ...; the ... in question

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Prefix

当(とう) • (tō-) 

  1. this (business or place)

Korean

Hanja

当 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

当: Hán Nôm readings: đáng, đương

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References

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