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桁 = 木 + 行
桁 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “girder”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 行 (going). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 956.
- Keyword
- girder
- RTK frame
- 956
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- けた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- beam, балка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 桁 cross-beams of roof
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 桁 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “going”. 桁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 桁 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.