táng

pond

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

唐 sound component

  Sound component

táng

  

exaggerate

Evolution

塘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
塘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

táng

pond; tank; dike, embankment; dyke; embankment; pool or pond; hot-water bathing pool

Most common words with 塘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

池塘

pool

dyke

水塘

pool

钱塘江

Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Háng​zhōu] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhè​jiāng​Shěng]

塘沽

Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]