棟
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Translingual
Han character
棟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木田 (DDW), four-corner 45996, composition ⿰木東)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 533, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14949
- Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1227, character 5
- Unihan data for U+68DF
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (東) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *toːŋs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
棟
- main beam supporting a house; ridgepole
- (literary) house; building
- Classifier for buildings. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (figurative) important person; pillars of the state
- 子於鄭國,棟也。棟折榱崩,僑將厭焉,敢不盡言? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yú Zhèng guó, dòng yě. Dòng zhé cuī bēng, qiáo jiāng yàn yān, gǎn bù jìnyán? [Pinyin]
- You are the main support of the State of Zheng. If the main support be broken, the rafters will tumble down. I shall be crushed beneath them, and I must therefore speak out all my mind.
子于郑国,栋也。栋折榱崩,侨将厌焉,敢不尽言? [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Sichuanese) mountain ridge; mountain peak
- a surname: Dong
Synonyms
- (house):
- 住宅 (zhùzhái)
- 住屋 (zhùwū)
- 住房 (zhùfáng)
- 住所 (zhùsuǒ)
- 住處/住处 (zhùchù)
- 宅第 (8zaq-di) (Wu)
- 宅舍 (zháishè) (literary)
- 宮/宫 (gōng) (archaic)
- 家室 (jiāshì)
- 宮室/宫室 (gōngshì) (archaic)
- 家居 (jiājū)
- 家屋 (jiāwū) (literary)
- 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 寓所 (yùsuǒ) (formal)
- 居室 (jūshì)
- 居所 (jūsuǒ)
- 屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial)
- 屋宇 (wūyǔ) (literary)
- 屋舍 (wūshè) (literary or Hakka)
- 房子 (fángzi)
- 房宇 (fángyǔ) (literary)
- 房屋 (fángwū)
- 房舍 (fángshè) (literary)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 棟 – see 戙 (“Cantonese: to make erect”). (This character is a variant form of 戙). |
References
- 蓝勇. 第十三章:历史时期西南综合文化区的划分. 《西南历史文化地理》. 西南师范大学出版社. 1997. →ISBN.
Korean
Hanja
棟 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong, Yale tong)
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Tày
Vietnamese
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