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棟

棟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 棟木。
  2. 建物を数える助数詞・量詞。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「東」。「むね」「むなぎ」を意味する漢語｛棟｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ridgepole, ridge

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウJHS
Kun (native)
  • むねJHS
  • むな〜HS
Other languages
  • 拼音dong4
  • 한글dong
  • Hán-ViệtĐống

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+68DF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木東

Words using this kanji

  • 棟むね（むね）屋根の傾斜のの。 （むね）のの反対。 （むね）ののない側。ridge (of roof), back of a sword, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
  • 棟梁とうりょう建築物のと。 国や集団などを中心となり支える人物。 大工の。central figure, pillar (e.g. of the nation), mainstay, chief support
  • 棟とう（むね）屋根の傾斜のの。 （むね）のの反対。 （むね）ののない側。large building, building with a long roof, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
  • 棟木むなぎridgepole, ridge beam
  • 棟瓦むながわらridge tile
  • 棟札むなふだsign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.
  • 棟梁とうりゅう建築物のと。 国や集団などを中心となり支える人物。 大工の。master carpenter, master builder
  • 棟上げむねあげ「むねあげ」の漢字表記。ridgepole-raising, setting up of the framework of a house
  • 棟上げ式むねあげしきframework raising ceremony
  • 棟割長屋むねわりながやterraced or partitioned housing structure

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-8
Four Corner
4599.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a8.3
Heisig
544
Nelson
2299