# 当

| 当 | U+5F53, &#24403; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F53 |
| ← 归 [U+5F52] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彔 → [U+5F54] |
| 当 | U+2F874, &#194676; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F874 |
| ← 将 [U+2F873] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 尢 → [U+2F875] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 当 |
| Simplified | 当 |
| Traditional | 當 |

### Han character

当 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火尸一 (FSM), composition ⿱⺌𫜹)

#### Derived characters

* 垱 挡 档 珰 裆 𥹥 𫟰(铛) 㓥 筜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9913
* Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5F53
* Unihan data for U+2F874

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 當 / 当. From cursive script.

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 當 (“to face; to turn towards; to bear; to withstand; to resist; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 當).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see 噹 (“the sound of bells”). (This character is the simplified form of 噹).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02652-001

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 当 |
| Kyūjitai | 當 |

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 當)
* hit
* target; objective; goal
* right; correct; appropriate
* the aforementioned ...; the ... in question

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あたる (ataru, 当たる, Jōyō)、あてる (ateru, 当てる, Jōyō)、まさに (masani, 当に)、はた (hata, 当)

#### Compounds

* 当(とう)来(らい) (tōrai, “afterlife”)
* 本(ほん)当(とう) (hontō, “true”)
* 当然(とうぜん) (tōzen, “naturally, matter of course”)
* 弁当(べんとう) (bentō, “bento, boxed lunch”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 当
* とう Grade: 2
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 當 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [to̞ː]

#### Prefix

当(とう) • (tō-)
* this (business or place)
    当(とう)駅(えき)
       tōeki
       this station

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 当
* はた Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 當 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 当 – see the following entry. :
| 【将はた】6 | [adverb] or, alternatively, otherwise, furthermore, also [adverb] (archaic) perhaps, possibly [adverb] (archaic) that aside, however [adverb] (archaic) as expected [adverb] (archaic) not at all |
(This term, 当, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

当 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

当: Hán Nôm readings: đáng, đương
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation