汤(tāng)

HSK 36 strokesTrad. 湯
Readingstāngshāng

surname Tang

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Character information

Pinyin
tāng / shāng
Meaning
surname Tang
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
湯

Origin & structure

Where 汤 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵昜

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 昜 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ昜yáng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 汤 step by step

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

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Words with 汤

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

tāng汤yuán圆
HSK 7-9

boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival

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èr二tāng汤

second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were …

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lì例tāng汤

soup of the day

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shāng商tāng汤

Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty

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yǐ以tāng汤wò沃fèi沸

to manage a situation badly (idiom)

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sì四wù物tāng汤

four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine

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gù固ruò若jīn金tāng汤

(lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)

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xiǎo小tāng汤shān山

Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality

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