堂 (táng) — a main hall, a raised room

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

堂 character · B1 (est.)

堂＝土＋尚

ㄊㄤˊ · táng

noun — a main hall, a raised room

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義the earth, the raised base

尚聲shàng — gives the soundhigh, esteemed — the high-built footing it suggests

IFshàng → táng — initial and rime both shifted

A room built up on a high earthen base (土) — the main hall. 尚 shàng carries the sound, the same donor under 常 and 賞, worn to táng; "high, esteemed" suits the raised footing too. From the hall: 課堂、禮堂、廳堂.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一座屋子，立在高築的土（土）台上——進門就是正堂。

A hall set on a high earthen (土) platform — step inside and you stand in the main room.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)廳堂、堂屋— a main hall, a raised room常用

→課堂、禮堂— a classroom, an auditorium常用

→堂兄、堂姊— cousins of the same hall (same surname)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension