Question

唐 から T'ang, China S 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53)彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)口: mouth 口 3 (none) T'ang Screw it, this character refers to the drink. The powdery orange substance is actually found on the floor of tropical caves, where trained aboriginal peoples use wooden rakes to rake the Tang into a pile before putting a bit of it in their mouths to see if it´s tasty or not.

Accepted Answer

トウ かろ, たん 1 1727 10 30 くち・くちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Two archeologists are in a cave looking at Chinese artifacts from various eras. One picks up a rake and says, "What about this – T´ang, do you think?" The second puts the rake in his mouth and answers, "Yes, it does tang a bit". 1241

Kanji	唐
Onyomi	トウ
Kunyomi	から
Nanori	かろ, たん
English	T'ang, China
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1727
Components	广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 口: mouth
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	T'ang
Koohii Story 1	Two archeologists are in a cave looking at Chinese artifacts from various eras. One picks up a rake and says, "What about this – T´ang, do you think?" The second puts the rake in his mouth and answers, "Yes, it does tang a bit".
Koohii Story 2	Screw it, this character refers to the drink. The powdery orange substance is actually found on the floor of tropical caves, where trained aboriginal peoples use wooden rakes to rake the Tang into a pile before putting a bit of it in their mouths to see if it´s tasty or not.
RTK Index (new)	1241

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