唐 — Tang dynasty, China, foreign

とう唐 Tang dynasty

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+5510 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1727 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1241 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

Tang dynasty
China
foreign

Readings

On'yomi: とう tou
Kun'yomi: から kara

word

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

唐(とう) tou Tang dynasty 唐(とう) 突(とつ) toutotsu abrupt

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

广 slanting roof

彐 snout

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (1)

とう糖 sugar

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth