堂

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: táng
Cantonese: tong4
JapaneseKun: TAKADONO SUMAI
JapaneseOn: DOU TOU
Korean: TANG
Vietnamese: đường

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: hall; government office

CE-Dict: (main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc/CL:間|间[jian1]

Soothill: prāsāda (प्रासाद). A hall, temple, court.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) A hall, a reception room; a meeting place. Temple, shrine. (2) State chamber, a court of justice. (3) Venerable, grave. (4) An open place on the hills. (5) Flourishing, excellent.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a hall for a specific public use
2.a courtroom
3.the main room of a Chinese house
4.a church (building)
5.relationship of cousins with the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather
6.quantifier for a class session

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hall; of the same clan; the main room of a house

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hall; of the same clan; the main room of a house

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《土部》堂殿也。从土尚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】堂
〔古文〕坣㙶【唐韻】【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤徒郞切，音唐。【說文】殿也。正寢曰堂。【釋名】高顯貌。【演義】當也，謂當正向陽之宇也。【詩·豳風】躋彼公堂。　又明堂，王者朝諸侯之宮。【禮·明堂位】明堂也者，明諸侯之尊𤰞也。【前漢·郊祀志】武帝元封元年，濟南人公玉帶上黃帝時明堂圖。　又堂室。【爾雅·釋宮】古者有堂，自半巳前虛之，謂之堂，半巳後實之，謂之室。　又官署。【漢官儀】黃門有畫堂之署，中書省玉堂。【揚雄·解嘲】歷金門，上玉堂。今翰林院亦曰玉堂。【唐書·百官志】初三省議事于門下之政事堂，其後裴炎遷于中書省。　又戸部有考堂，天下歲會計處。　又【吳郡國志】郡太守堂，乃春申君子假君之故宅。數失火，以雌黃塗之乃止，故郡治曰黃堂。【呂氏春秋】宓子賤鳴琴而單父治，故縣治曰琴堂。　又堂堂，盛也，正也。【論語】堂堂乎張也。【淮南子·兵略訓】堂堂之陣　又衆笑曰哄堂。【因話錄】御史有臺院、殿院、察院，一人知雜事，名雜端。公堂會食皆絕笑，左右不可忍，雜端笑而三堂皆笑，遂謂哄堂。　又佛堂曰鴈堂。【釋氏要覽】毗舍離爲佛作堂，形如鴈字，因名。　文巫祭。【周禮·春官】男巫冬堂，贈無方無算。【註】冬歲之窮，設祭于堂，贈送萬鬼也。　又地名。【詩·鄘風】望楚與堂。【註】楚，楚丘。堂，丘之旁邑。　又山之寬平處曰堂。【詩·秦風】終南何有，有紀有堂。　又姓。【韓詩外傳】堂衣若扣孔子之門。又複姓。漢儒高堂生，唐貞觀詔從祀。　又叶徒紅切，音同。【屈原·九歌】魚鱗屋兮龍堂，紫貝闕兮珠宮。

Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism (佛光大辭典) 　梵語pra^sa^da， layana。即殿宇之義。又稱殿堂。即指供安置佛像、講經或修行等用途之建築物。與塔共為構成伽藍之主體，殿堂與塔廟，合稱堂塔。印度建造各種堂宇，如佛殿、大堂、布薩堂等名，散見于各經律。我國堂宇出現于諸種文獻者甚多；或依安置之本尊而命名，如法王殿、釋迦堂、閻魔堂等；或供法會、修行等用途，如戒壇堂、贊佛堂、講堂等；或依位置及形狀而命名，如中堂、本堂等；或安置祖像及遺骨，如舍利殿、開山堂等；亦有供日常生活者，如齋堂、茶堂等。至于形狀，除較特殊者外，多為正方形、長方形。﹝北本涅經卷二十九、四分律卷三十五、洛陽伽藍記卷一至卷五﹞

　又作堂浮＜挫林施僧之施物。福□□福ㄨdaks!in!a^ ）之略稱，指布施物。﹝備用清規卷四煎點西堂頭首新命條﹞（參閱‘達浮5677）

Buddhism words and phrases a hall, a reception room; a meeting place

Japanese Places Dou (loc)

CF-Dict: grande salle/hall

Han-De-Dict: Raum (u.E.) (S)/Tang (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Hauptraum eines 1 stöckigen Hauses (u.E.)