棟

building; ridgepole; ridge

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1406.

Readings

• むね (kun reading): 棟 (むね) ridge (of roof); 別棟 (べつむね) separate building
• トウ (on reading): 病棟 (びょうとう) (hospital) ward; 棟梁 (とうりょう) central figure
• むな (kun reading): 棟札 (むなふだ) sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.; 棟木 (むなぎ) ridgepole

Components

• 木
• 東
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 日 radical sun; day
• 木 radical tree
• 田 radical rice field

Words using 棟

• 棟 (むね) ridge (of roof)
• 別棟 (べつむね) separate building
• 寄棟造 (よせむねづくり) hip roof
• 寄棟 (よせむね) hipped roof
• 大棟 (おおむね) top ridge of a roof
• 病棟 (びょうとう) (hospital) ward
• 棟梁 (とうりょう) central figure
• 棟 (とう) large building
• 号棟 (ごうとう) suffix for building numbers
• 西棟 (にしとう) west wing (of a building)
• 棟札 (むなふだ) sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.
• 棟木 (むなぎ) ridgepole
• 棟瓦 (むながわら) ridge tile

39 words in all.

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