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棟

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • ridgepole
  • ridge

On'yomi (音読み)

  • トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • むね
  • むな-
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1335
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
木#75 · tree

Components

Common Words

  • 棟むねNoun
    ridge (of roof)
  • 病棟びょうとうNoun
    (hospital) ward
  • 別棟べつむねNoun
    separate building, outbuilding, outhouse
  • 棟梁とうりょうNoun
    central figure, pillar (e.g. of the nation), mainstay
  • 上棟じょうとうNoun
    raising the ridgepole
  • 一棟ひとむねNoun
    one house, the same house
  • 北棟きたとうNoun
    north wing (of a building), north building
  • 南棟みなみとうNoun
    south wing (of a building), south building

Practice in Kanjiru

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