Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 當 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鐺)
Simplified (铛)
Notes
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Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
铛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
铛
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
铛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
铛 / 鐺 [chēng]
frying pan; griddle
铛 / 鐺 [dāng]
clank; clang; sound of metal
Japanese
noun
- (ornamental) tip of a scabbard
- bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鐺 こじり
Kojiri surname
CHINESE WORDS (7)
铃铛 [língdang] #10,222
little bell
锒铛入狱 [lángdāngrùyù] #27,680
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
饼铛 [bǐngchēng] #59,519
baking pan
锒铛 [lángdāng] #66,730
iron chains
鼎铛玉石 [dǐngchēngyùshí] #74,312
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
铛铛 [dāngdāng]
(onom.) clang
铛铛车 [dāngdāngchē]
(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956