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裆

dāng

Character Traditional 襠

What 裆 means

1. crotch
2. seat of a pair of trousers

Example sentences

• 被踢裆是很痛的。
  Getting kicked in the groin is painful.

Words starting with 裆

• 裆部dāng bùcrotch

Words containing 裆

• 裤裆kù dāngcrotch of trousers
• 穿裆chuān dāng(sports) to nutmeg; to dribble or pass the ball through an opponent's legs…
• 吊裆裤diào dāng kùbaggy pants; sagging pants
• 开裆裤kāi dāng kùopen-crotch pants (for toddlers)

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
• 筜dāngused in 筼筜

Characters that look like 裆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

Sounds the same

Read dāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 当(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 铛clank; clang; sound of metal
• 筜used in 筼筜
• 儅stop
• 珰(literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch
• 蟷mantis