Keyword
ridgepole
- ridge-beam
- the main support of a house
- Frequency
- #2700
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
dòng
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 东 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
栋
classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
栋梁
ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
独栋
(of a building) detached
吴作栋
Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
雕梁画栋
richly ornamented (building)
汗牛充栋
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
楼栋
building