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棟
棟
See also: 栋
Translingual
Han character
棟 (radical 75 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木田 (DDW), four-corner 45996, composition ⿰木東)
References
- KangXi: page 533, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14949
- Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1227, character 5
- Unihan data for U+68DF
Chinese
| trad. | 棟 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 栋 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (東) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 東 | *toːŋ |
| 菄 | *toːŋ |
| 鶇 | *toːŋ |
| 倲 | *toːŋ |
| 涷 | *toːŋ, *toːŋs |
| 蝀 | *toːŋ, *toːŋʔ |
| 凍 | *toːŋ, *toːŋs |
| 鯟 | *toːŋ |
| 崠 | *toːŋ |
| 埬 | *toːŋ |
| 棟 | *toːŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *toːŋs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: tung4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
- IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: dung3, dung6
- Yale: dung, duhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung3, dung6
- IPA (key): /tʊŋ³³/, /tʊŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 棟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 多貢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tuŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tuŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tuŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/təwŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/tuŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/tuŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tuŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
dòng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 棟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2448 |
| Phonetic component |
東 |
| Rime group |
東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
涷 |
| Old Chinese |
/*toːŋs/ |
Definitions
棟
- (possibly obsolete) the main beams supporting a house
- Classifier for buildings.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 棟 |
|
とう Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 棟 |
|
むね Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Kanji
棟
Readings
Counter
- buildings
Noun
- large building
- ridge of a roof
Suffix
- building
Korean
Hanja
棟 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong, Yale tong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
棟 (đống)
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