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

垱挡档珰裆𥹥𫟰(铛) 㓥筜

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.

Japanese

Shinjitai	当
Kyūjitai	當

Kanji

当

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 當)

hit
target; objective; goal
right; correct; appropriate
the aforementioned ...; the ... in question

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 (masani, 当に)

Compounds

当(とう)来(らい) (tōrai, “afterlife”)
本(ほん)当(とう) (hontō, “true”)
当然(とうぜん) (tōzen, “naturally, matter of course”)
弁当(べんとう) (bentō, “bento, boxed lunch”)

Prefix

当(とう) • (tō-)

this (business or place)

Korean

Hanja

当 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

当: Hán Nôm readings: đáng, đương

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References

Nom Foundation

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