堂
ドウ

public chamber, hall

JLPT4 G4 S11 F1010

As per 尚# (rise → raise) + 土 earth → raise a *tall earthen platform* (object stretching high in the sky) → *palace*; *hall* (← constructions built on a platform) → *temple*; *shrine*; *capacious building*.

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