Tang
Tang or TANG may refer to:
Chinese name
- Tang Dynasty (618–907), Chinese dynasty
- Later Tang Dynasty (923–936), Turkic dynasty in ancient China
- King Tang of Shang (湯), the Shang dynasty ruler, who lived around 1660 BCE
- The term (Tángrén 唐人) that many southern Chinese use to refer to the Han Chinese ethnic group
- A transliteration of Chinese family names such as:
- Táng (surname) (唐, Pinyin: táng), as in the Tang Dynasty, (but the clan name is more ancient)
- 湯 (Pinyin: tāng), as in the King Tang of Shang.
- 鄧 or 邓 (Pinyin: dèng), as in Deng Xiaoping (see Tang Clan)
- 滕 (Pinyin: téng)
- Tang Clan (鄧族) of Hong Kong, the first inhabitants to leave China and settle in Hong Kong
- Tang Shuyu (唐叔虞) is brother of King Wu of Zhou
Fish and related US warships
- Acanthuridae, a fish called "tang"
- US submarines called for the fish, including
Places
- Tang, Badakhshan, village in Afghanistan
- Tang, Bhutan, a village in Bumthang District, Bhutan
- Tang County (唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China
- Tang, Shanghai (唐镇), town in Pudong, Shanghai, China
- Tang, County Westmeath, village in Ireland
- Tang, North Yorkshire, settlement in England
Acronyms
Other
- Tang (clevis), part of a clevis fastener or joint
- Guk, soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang"
- Tang (drink), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks from the 1950s to the present
- Tang (weaponry), a projecting element connecting a knife or sword blade to the handle