Chinese symbol for “rafter”
桷
jué
rafter; malus toringo
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rafter is 桷 (jué), defined as: rafter; malus toringo.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rafter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 榱 | cuī | rafter (classical) |
| 椽 | chuán | beam; rafter |
| 桴 | fú | beam; rafter |
| 欂 | bó | rafter |
| 椽子 | chuán zi | beam; rafter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rafter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.