棟 — kanji meaning “ridgepole”
棟
ridgepole, ridge
- Meanings
- ridgepole, ridge
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- むね、むな-
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1406 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- dòng — Chinese character page
Words with 棟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病棟 | びょうとう byoutou | (hospital) ward |
| 別棟 | べつむね betsumune | separate building; outbuilding; outhouse |
| 棟梁 | とうりょう touryou | central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay |
| 上棟 | じょうとう joutou | raising the ridgepole |
| 棟梁 | とうりゅう touryuu | master carpenter; master builder |
| 棟上げ | むねあげ muneage | ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house |
| 棟木 | むなぎ munagi | ridgepole; ridge beam |
| 一棟 | ひとむね hitomune | one house; the same house |
| 上棟式 | じょうとうしき joutoushiki | ridgepole-raising ceremony |
| 棟上げ式 | むねあげしき muneageshiki | framework raising ceremony |
| 棟割長屋 | むねわりながや munewarinagaya | terraced or partitioned housing structure |
| 山棟蛇 | やまかがし yamakagashi | tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus) |
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