當

Glyph origin
– fields facing each other.

Etymology 1
(pronunciation 2) is the exopassive derivation of (pronunciation 1), literally "what is being matched".

is the endoactive derivation of, literally "that which is equal in rank".

Perhaps cognate with 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) to face; to turn towards
 * 2) to bear; to withstand; to resist
 * 3) to undertake; to manage; to take charge of
 * 4) to work as; to serve as
 * 5) to match equally; to equal; to be equal to
 * 6) just at the time of; just happen
 * 7) just at (a place); at or in the very same
 * 8) to meet; to happen to
 * 9)  still; to be
 * 10) to regard something/someone as; to think; to treat something/someone as
 * 11)  to make a judgement; to sentence
 * 12) ought; should
 * 13) gap; space; break
 * 1) just at the time of; just happen
 * 2) just at (a place); at or in the very same
 * 3) to meet; to happen to
 * 4)  still; to be
 * 5) to regard something/someone as; to think; to treat something/someone as
 * 6)  to make a judgement; to sentence
 * 7) ought; should
 * 8) gap; space; break
 * 1) to regard something/someone as; to think; to treat something/someone as
 * 2)  to make a judgement; to sentence
 * 3) ought; should
 * 4) gap; space; break
 * 1) gap; space; break
 * 1) gap; space; break
 * 1) gap; space; break

Definitions

 * 1) to match; to be equal to
 * 2)  to lead; to manage
 * 3) proper; suitable; adequate; fitting; appropriate
 * 4) to regard as; to consider as; to treat as
 * 5) to think
 * 6) to pawn; to put in pawn
 * 7) pawn; something pawned
 * 8) pawnshop
 * 9) trick; fraud; deception
 * 10)  to fail someone
 * 1) pawn; something pawned
 * 2) pawnshop
 * 3) trick; fraud; deception
 * 4)  to fail someone
 * 1)  to fail someone
 * 1)  to fail someone

Etymology 2
is a derivative and was originally also written as 當.

Definitions

 * 1) the same

Definitions

 * 1) to take sides

Definitions

 * 1)  at the time; right now; just happen