the Tang dynasty
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 庚 represents the sound.
mouth
7th heavenly stem — The pronunciation of 唐 was similar to 庚 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
Appears in
Characters that use 唐 as a component, most common first.
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