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Character #905 · The First 1000

tāng

soup

soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled

Strokes
612
TraditionalSimplified
湯 汤
Poster cell
I33
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • jītāng chicken soup
  • tāngyào herbal medicine (boiled)
  • pàotāng to fizzle out
  • tāngchí soup spoon
  • miàntāng noodle soup
  • ròutāng meat soup
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 汤湯

Write 汤湯 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, tāng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell I33 · 28 × 36 grid

汤湯 is #905 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 汤 mean in English?
汤 (tāng) means "soup": soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled.
How do you pronounce 汤?
汤 is pronounced tāng in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄊㄤ.
How many strokes does 汤 have?
The simplified form, 汤, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 湯, has 12.
What is the traditional form of 汤?
The traditional form of 汤 is 湯. 汤 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 湯 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 汤?
Common words that use 汤 include 鸡汤 (jītāng, chicken soup), 汤药 (tāngyào, herbal medicine (boiled)), 泡汤 (pàotāng, to fizzle out), 汤匙 (tāngchí, soup spoon).
How common is 汤?
汤 is number 905 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell I33 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.