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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- dang3
- English meanings
- section, Dang, political party, CCP, KMT, Ku_Klux_Klan, clique, The Party, party, tong, kinsfolk, the Party, faction, gang
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Overlapping structure
Overlapping arrangement: first part 尚; second part 兄.
Meaning & sound clues
兄 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “elder brother”.
尚 is identified as the sound component (shàng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 党.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
delay; loose
when
block
block; resist
gap
serve as; when
swing; sway
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Related words
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- 政党