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棟

ridgepole
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingむね、むな-
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ridgepoleRtK
    美術館の東の陳列棟は清掃のため閉鎖されていた。The museum's eastern gallery was closed for cleaning.tatoeba
    寄棟造・本瓦葺。It is a yosemune-zukuri (hipped roof) style structure with hongawarabuki tile roofing.wiki
  2. ridge
  1. ridge (of roof)
  2. back of a sword
  3. counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · east · tree (木) · wood (木) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 544

Compound words

棟梁とうりょう
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
病棟びょうとう
(hospital) ward
別棟べつむね
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
一棟ひとむね
one house
上棟じょうとう
raising the ridgepole
棟木むなぎ
ridgepole
上棟式じょうとうしき
ridgepole-raising ceremony
棟上げむねあげ
ridgepole-raising
汗牛充棟かんぎゅうじゅうとう
(having, there being) a great number of books
棟割長屋むねわりながや
terraced or partitioned housing structure
棟上げ式むねあげしき
framework raising ceremony

Additional Examples

寄棟造・本瓦葺。
It is a yosemune-zukuri (hipped roof) style structure with hongawarabuki tile roofing.wiki
寄棟造、本瓦葺。
Yosemune-zukuri (a square or rectangular building, covered with a hipped roof) and hongawarabuki.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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