桁 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- けた
- Meaning
- beam; digit
Origin
Wood plus spanning across: the beam laid over the pillars; also a digit’s place in a number.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| けた | 桁違い・橋桁 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 桁違いけたちがい
of a different order entirely
- 橋桁はしげた
bridge girder
Example
規模が桁違いに大きい。
The scale is larger by an entire order of magnitude.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)