当
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(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #245 U+5F53
How 当 is formed
components: ⺌ 彐
How to remember it
work as · Heisig RSH #947
小 small + broom
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 当 as their sound component
These characters all use 当 (dāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当 sound component | dāng | appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells |
| 档 | dàng | shelve, frame; files, records; grade, level |
| 铛 | dāng | frying pan; warming vessel |
| 裆 | dāng | the crotch or seat of a pair of pants |
| 筜 | dāng | tall bamboo |
Words containing 当
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不当一回事 | bù dàng yī huí shì | not regard as a matter (of any importance) |
| 不当事 | bù dāng shì | useless; regard as useless |
| 当事人 | dāng shì rén | persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair) |
| 当事国 | dāng shì guó | the countries involved |
| 不当得利 | bù dàng dé lì | unjust enrichment |
| 当行出色 | dāng háng chū sè | to excel in one's field |
| 亚当斯 | Yà dāng sī | Adams |
| 当家作主 | dāng jiā zuò zhǔ | to be in charge in one's own house (idiom); to be the master of one's own affairs |
| 大而无当 | dà ér wú dàng | grandiose but impractical (idiom); large but of no real use |
| 不当 | bù dàng | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate |
| 斯当东 | Sī dāng dōng | Staunton (name); Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney … |
| 当阳市 | Dāng yáng Shì | Dangyang, a county-level city in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 当中 | dāng zhōng | among; in the middle; in the center |
| 当头 | dāng tóu | coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first |
| 当头 | dàng tou | (coll.) pledge; surety |
| 当心 | dāng xīn | to take care; to look out |
| 当回事儿 | dàng huí shì r | erhua variant of 當回事|当回事[dang4 hui2 shi4] |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 当儿 | dāng r | the very moment; just then; during (that brief interval) |
| 当天 | dāng tiān | on that day |