塘 Strokes Write it Listen 塘 táng pond, tank; dike, embankment HSK 7–9 13 strokes Radical 土 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from土meaningtǔsoil, earth; items made of earth唐soundtángthe Tang dynasty; Chinese; empty, exaggerated; surname How it works土 hints at the meaning (earth), and 唐 táng hints at the sound.