当 (dāng): meaning and stroke order

当 (dāng) means (onom.) dong, ding dong (bell), to be, to act as, manage, withstand, when, during, ought.

当

Simplified: 当
Traditional: 噹, 當
Pinyin: dāng · dàng

Stroke order of 当

当

dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)
dāng to be; to act as
dàng at or in the very same...; suitable
6 strokes
Traditional form: 噹

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 当

dāng Traditional 噹
- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng Traditional 當
- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng Traditional 當
- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)

Radical and structure

当: Radical 彐 (Kangxi radical 58) · 6 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 当

当作 dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as
当地 dāng dì local
当场 dāng chǎng at the scene; on the spot
当天 dāng tiān on that day
当年 dāng nián in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
当成 dàng chéng to consider as; to take to be
当然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be
当面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence
当晚 dāng wǎn on that evening
当时 dāng shí then; at that time
当初 dāng chū at that time; originally

当 in our stories

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郭子涵的父母都是医生，从她小时候起，他们就希望她将来也当医生。

Guō Zǐhán de fùmǔ dōu shì yīshēng cóng tā xiǎo shíhou qǐ tāmen jiù xīwàng tā jiānglái yě dāng yīshēng

Guo Zihan's parents were both doctors, and ever since she was little they had hoped she would be one too.

From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5
韦岚在西安一家公司做了八年，上个月，总部请她去上海当部门经理。

Wéi Lán zài Xī'ān yì jiā gōngsī zuò le bā nián shàng gè yuè zǒngbù qǐng tā qù Shànghǎi dāng bùmén jīnglǐ

Wei Lan had worked for a company in Xi'an for eight years. Last month head office asked her to go to Shanghai as a department manager.

From the story No perfect answer HSK 6
十三年后，当他回到长安时，出发时的一百多人只剩下两个。

shísān nián hòu dāng tā huídào Cháng'ān shí chūfā shí de yìbǎi duō rén zhǐ shèng xià liǎng gè

Thirteen years after setting out, when he returned to Chang'an, only two of the hundred-odd men were left.

From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

Stories using 当

The three-tier cake HSK 5
No perfect answer HSK 6
Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).