Chinese

教堂

jiàotáng
ecclesiastical building, especially a church or chapel
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 5
  • 敎堂

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  • characterChinese教 “to teach; to instruct”
    • soundChinese爻 “a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching”
      • componentChinese乂 “original form of 刈 (yì, “to weed; to mow”)”
    • meaningChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
    • meaningChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”
  • characterChinese堂 “main room of a house”
    • soundChinese尚 “still; yet”
      • meaningChinese八 “eight”
      • soundChinese向 “to face”
        • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
        • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese土 “earth; soil”

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