棟 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- トウとう · tō
- Kun
- むね・むな-mune · muna
- Meaning
- ridgepole; building
Stroke order
Origin
木 "wood" with 東: the highest beam of a roof — a ridgepole, a building.
Readings and examples
| Onトウとうtō | 上棟じょうとう病棟びょうとう |
|---|---|
| Kunむねmune | 棟むね別棟べっとう |
| Kunむなmuna | 棟木むなぎ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 別棟べつむね
separate building
- 棟上げむねあげ
raising the ridgepole
Example
別棟に資料室がある。
The archive is in a separate building.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)