堂 Strokes Write it Listen 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose HSK 2 11 strokes Radical 土 Sound + meaning 9 words Built from尚soundshàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather土meaningtǔsoil, earth; items made of earth How it works土 hints at the meaning (earth), and 尚 shàng hints at the sound.