Dictionary › 筜

筜

dāng

Character Traditional 簹

What 筜 means

1. used in {筼筜|yún dāng}

Words containing 筜

• 筼筜yún dāngspecies of tall bamboo
• 筼筜湖Yún dāng HúYundang or Yuandang Lake in Xiamen

Characters built on 当

These share the phonetic component 当 (dāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers

Sounds the same

Read dāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 当(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 裆crotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 铛clank; clang; sound of metal
• 儅stop
• 珰(literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch
• 蟷mantis