Memory phrase for the character: 堂

堂

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Meaning

(main) hall, dining hall

Pronunciation

 táng

Explanation

 Top: esteem, to value 尚 (small 小, house 冂 with a window 口), bottom: earth 土. BETTER: Reinforced roof 宀 with additional beams 丷 because of the size of a hall 口 on the ground 土

Mnemonic
 
The reinforced roof for a hall on the ground: The hall!

Radicals

尚 still, yet, to esteem
土 earth, groundPay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.
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 Vocabulary

食堂 shí táng  dining hall
学堂 xué táng  college; school
澡堂 zǎo táng  public baths
祠堂 cí táng  ancestral hall; memorial hall
冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng  high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng  

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