Hanja Analyzer
黨

黨 — dang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무리 당
Romanization
dang
English
political party, gang, faction
Mandarin
dǎng
Japanese on'yomi
トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
なかま むら
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Variant forms
党
Radical
黑 (203, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
尚
Unicode
U+9EE8

Parts that make up 黨

  • 尚 오히려 상sound 향할 향(向)에 八 을 더한 모양높이는 일. ‘상·당’ 계열의 소리
  • 黑 검을 흑variant of 黒 그을음이 낀 굴뚝검다. 黑 의 일본 신자체

How 黨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 黨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 尚, 黑.

Korean example words with 黨

  • 동당同黨 Korean gloss: 한 동아리
  • 간당奸黨 Korean gloss: 간사한 무리
  • 당권黨權 Korean gloss: 당의 주도권
  • 당리黨利 Korean gloss: 정당의 이익
  • 당사黨史 Korean gloss: 정당의 역사
  • 역당逆黨 Korean gloss: 역적의 무리
  • 적당賊黨 Korean gloss: 도둑의 무리
  • 지당支黨 Korean gloss: 갈라진 당파
  • 당내黨內 Korean gloss: 한 정당의 안
  • 당수黨首 Korean gloss: 정당의 우두머리
  • 신당新黨 Korean gloss: 새로 조직한 당
  • 양당兩黨 Korean gloss: 두 정당(政黨)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 尚

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “당”

Other hanja with radical 黑

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