当

See also: 𢑐, 當, and 噹

当 U+5F53, 当 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F53 ← 归 [U+5F52] CJK Unified Ideographs 彔 → [U+5F54]

当 U+2F874, 当 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F874 ← 将 [U+2F873] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 尢 → [U+2F875]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Japanese	当
Simplified	当
Traditional	當

Han character

当 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 火尸一 (FSM), composition ⿱⺌𫜹)

Derived characters

• 垱, 挡, 档, 珰, 裆, 𫟰 (铛), 㓥, 筜

Additional derived characters

• 𱎄, 𰁸, 𪠽, 𫰠, 𭰎, 𰖂, 𤇻, 𲺑, 𱳹, 𫀮, 𥹥, 𬙏, 𬠅, 𮜴, 𬣭, 𮛗, 𰷁
• 𭕈, 𬐉, 𫵃, 𲄝, 𰗞, 𱫂, 𮰑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9913
• Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F53

• Unihan data for U+2F874

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 當 / 当. From cursive script.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 當 (“to face; to turn towards; to bear; to withstand; to resist; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 當).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 噹 (“the sound of bells”). (This character is the simplified form of 噹).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02652-001

Japanese

Shinjitai	当
Kyūjitai	當

Kanji

当

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 當)

1. to face towards; target, objective, goal
2. proper, suitable right, correct, appropriate

   当(とう)然(ぜん) (tōzen); 当(あ)たり前(まえ) (atarimae)

3. this, the aforementioned ..., the ... in question

   当(とう)日(じつ) (tōjitsu)

4. to allocate, to assign

   担(たん)当(とう) (tantō); 割(わ)り当(あ)てる (wariateru)

5. ought, should (まさに…べし)

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: あたる (ataru, 当たる, Jōyō)、あてる (ateru, 当てる, Jōyō)、まさに…べし (masa ni… beshi, 当に…べし)、はた (hata, 当)

Usage notes

In modern use, also replaces 中 in the sense of “to hit”.

Compounds

• 当(とう)来(らい) (tōrai, “afterlife”)
• 本(ほん)当(とう) (hontō, “true”)
• 当(とう)然(ぜん) (tōzen, “naturally, matter of course”)
• 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō, “bento, boxed lunch”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
当
とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
當 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 當 (MC tang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ː]
• (Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Prefix

当(とう) • (tō-) 

1. this (business or place)

   当(とう)駅(えき)

   tōeki

   this station

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
当
はた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
當 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see the following entry.

【将はた】6 [adverb] or, alternatively, otherwise, furthermore, also [adverb] (archaic) perhaps, possibly [adverb] (archaic) that aside, however [adverb] (archaic) as expected [adverb] (archaic) not at all Alternative spelling 将た

(This term, 当, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “当”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

当 (eum 당 (dang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

当: Hán Việt readings: đương, đang, đáng

1. Variant of 當, see there for more details.