堂

táng = t + ang2

(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

堂 = 尚 + 土 : Tecumseh (t) is queuing at the canteen (堂) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He sees how the Buddhist monk (尚) in front of him just gets a pile of earth (土) and is suddenly afraid of the food he will get.

堂 character breakdown

堂
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 尚
  - 冋
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 口
    - 囗
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - ⺌
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

surname Shang

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

still / yet / to value / to esteem

尚 = ⺌ + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: 和尚, a buddhist monk.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) assumed his new post inside of the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) at the border control checkpoint (冋). His first client is a buddhist monk (尚) who wants to import some aloe vera (⺌). Sherlock asks him what he thinks how large the value (尚) of his goods is, but the buddhist monk has no idea.

Characters with 堂 as component

膛

táng = t + ang2

chest (of body) / hollow space / throat

膛 = 堂 + 月 : Tecumseh (t) visits the anglepod's canteen (堂) in the kitchen (ang2) to have lunch, but he is disappointed to find that he'll have the moon's (月) chest (膛) again.

螳

táng = t + ang2

praying mantis

镗

鏜

ta̅ng = t + ang1

noise of drums

瞠

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

stare at sth beyond reach

樘

chěng = ch + (e)ng3