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棟 = 木 + 東
棟 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ridgepole”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 東 (east). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 544.
- Keyword
- ridgepole
- RTK frame
- 544
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- トウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- むね, むな-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- риджпол
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 棟 the main beams supporting a house
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 棟 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “east”. 棟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 棟 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.