Memory phrase for the character: 棟

棟

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Meaning

ridgepole, building

Pronunciation

TŌ
mune, muna

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: east 東 (here: the tree 木 as the ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 that form the roof)

Mnemonic

The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards is the ridgepole.

Radicals

木	tree
東	east	The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.

Vocabulary

棟

とう

ridge (of roof)

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