| 486 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 584 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 557 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 662 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1365 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 358 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 144 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1462 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 496 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 505 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 709 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 355 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3202 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1656 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 806 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5207 | Morohashi |
| 2589 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1037 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 798 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 573 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
public chamber, hall
- On:
- ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N4
1010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 堂 【ドウ】 temple, shrine, chapel, hall, company, front room
- 堂々 【ドウドウ】 magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly
- 殿堂 【デンドウ】 palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame
- 議事堂 【ギジドウ】 assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall
Readings
- Korean:
- dang
Spanish
- templo
- salón
- vestíbulo
Portuguese
- câmara pública
- corredor
French
- édifice public
- temple
- salle
- hall
- grandiose (bâtiment)
| 1072 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 9010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5802 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
- 役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
- 悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
- 大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role, high-scoring combination
- 役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryō system), forced labor
- 役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
- 荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
- 就役 【シュウエキ】 being placed on duty, going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.), being placed in commission
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちゃく
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- oficio
- deber
- servicio
- papel
- (guerra)
Portuguese
- dever
- guerra
- campanha
- esboço
- escritório
- serviço
- papel
French
- rôle
- fonctions
- guerre
- campagne
- corvée
- poste
- service
| 324 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 419 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 315 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1598 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 171 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 519 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 368 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 375 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 376 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 609 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 288 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 217 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10057 | Morohashi |
| 244 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1726 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 949 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 266 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 290 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2068 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2724.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f79 | Unicode hex code |