# 党

| 党 | U+515A, &#20826; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-515A |
| ← 兙 [U+5159] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 兛 → [U+515B] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 党 |
| Simplified | 党 |
| Traditional | 党/黨 |

### Han character

党 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火月口竹山 (FBRHU), four-corner 9021$_6$, composition ⿱𫩠儿 or ⿱龸兄)

#### Derived characters

* 傥, 𰄆, 𭉧, 𪤅, 𰑿, 𫽮, 𣺼, 𭧋, 𣗋, 𬊵, 𰥹, 𰳏, 𰃔, 𧫆, 谠, 𲄪, 鎲, 镋, 𰟊

#### Related characters

* 黨 (Orthodox form in Traditional Chinese)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1381
* Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 273, character 11
* Unihan data for U+515A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 儿 (“human”).
Besides its original senses, it is used as a simplified substitute for the character 黨.

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 党 – see 黨 (“community; fellow community member; gang; faction; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 黨).
* 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎng (dang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tóng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎng
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^3$
*** Yale: dǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daang
*** Palladius: дан (dan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^2$
*** Yale: dóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóng
*** Tâi-lô: tóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dorng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táng
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁵²/

#### Definitions

党
* a surname
    党家村 ― Dǎngjiā Cūn ― Dangjia Village
* Used in 党項 (Dǎngxiàng).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* Mostly used in 党(タン)項(グート) (tangūto, “Tangut”)

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)

#### Usage notes

Rare as an original character, and even more rarely used with its original reading.

### Kanji

| Shinjitai | 党 |
| Kyūjitai | 黨 |
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 黨)
* political party

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kun: なかま (nakama, 党)、むら (mura, 党)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 党
* とう Grade: 6
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 黨 (kyūjitai)

#### Noun

党(とう) • (tō)
* political party

### Suffix

党(とう) • (-tō)
* political party

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 党
* たむら Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 黨 (kyūjitai)

#### Noun

党(たむら) • (tamura)
* Alternative form of 屯

### References

* 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

党: Hán Nôm readings: đảng, đoảng

### Noun

党
* Alternative form of 黨 (chữ Hán form of đảng (“(politics) a political party”).)