(táng)

HSK 7-915 strokes

(bound form) hollow space

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
táng
Meaning
(bound form) hollow space
Strokes
15
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⺼堂

A hall 堂 in one's chest ⺼; 堂 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiōngtáng
HSK 7-9

chest

Open 胸膛 page →
shàngtáng

roof of the mouth; to load a gun

Open 上膛 page →
qiāngtáng

bore of a gun

Open 枪膛 page →
huátáng

smoothbore

Open 滑膛 page →
tángxiàn线

rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

Open 膛线 page →

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