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    3. 棟

    棟

    棟むね

    ridgepole

    N1KMT9Freq #1406Home & HousingKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    むねむな-

    On'yomi

    トウ

    ridgepoleridge

    木東

    木
    日

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    椙東棉棹椣棍棔梗椙東棉煉晰棹棍棔

    Concepts using this kanji

    棟

    ridge (of roof)

    病棟

    (hospital) ward

    別棟

    separate building

    一棟

    one house

    大棟

    top ridge of a roof

    上棟式

    ridgepole-raising ceremony

    棟上げ式

    framework raising ceremony

    棟木

    ridgepole

    棟上げ

    ridgepole-raising

    一棟借り

    wholesale lease (on a building)

    一般病棟

    general ward (of a hospital)

    一棟貸し

    renting a whole house

    管理棟

    administrative building

    研究室棟

    laboratory block

    号棟

    suffix for building numbers

    棟割長屋

    terraced or partitioned housing structure

    寄せ棟造り

    hip roof

    緩和ケア病棟

    palliative care ward

    上棟祭

    ridgepole-raising ceremony

    寄せ棟

    hipped roof

    棟札

    sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

    寄せ棟屋根

    hipped roof

    ヨーロッパ山棟蛇

    grass snake (Natrix natrix)

    山棟蛇

    tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)

    棟梁

    central figure

    隔離病棟

    isolation ward

    陳列棟

    gallery

    閉鎖病棟

    closed ward

    汗牛充棟

    (having, there being) a great number of books

    翼棟

    wing (of a building)

    隅棟

    hip (of roof)

    炊飯棟

    campground cooking pavilion

    棟瓦

    ridge tile

    上棟

    raising the ridgepole

    寮棟

    dormitory building

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 日
    • 木

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    • 一棟
    • 上棟
    • 上棟式
    • 棟
    • 棟上げ式
    • 棟木
    • 棟梁
    • 病棟
    • 別棟
    • 棟上げ
    • 棟割長屋
    • 山棟蛇
    • 寄せ棟造り
    • 隔離病棟
    • 研究室棟
    • 棟瓦
    • 翼棟
    • 棟札
    • 汗牛充棟
    • 管理棟
    • 上棟祭
    • 陳列棟
    • 一棟借り
    • 寄せ棟
    • 大棟
    • 寄せ棟屋根
    • 隅棟
    • 寮棟
    • ヨーロッパ山棟蛇
    • 号棟
    • 一棟貸し
    • 一般病棟
    • 炊飯棟
    • 緩和ケア病棟
    • 閉鎖病棟

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    • 晰

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