Kanji Details:
- 棟
- Frequency:1406
- Kun: むね, むな-
- On: トウ
- Meaning: ridgepole, ridge
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 棟 とう large building; counter for buildings, apartments, etc. 病棟 びょうとう (hospital) ward 別棟 べつむね, べっとう separate building, outbuilding, outhouse 棟梁 とうりょう chief support, pillar (e.g. of nation), leader; boss, master (craftsman); beams and ridge supports of a roof (orig. meaning) 棟 むね ridge (of roof) 上棟 じょうとう raising the ridgepole 一棟 ひとむね one house, the same house 上棟式 じょうとうしき ridgepole-raising ceremony 棟上げ式 むねあげしき framework raising ceremony 棟木 むなぎ ridgepole, ridge beam