JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

Meaning

Kanji 棟

ridgepole

ridgepole, ridge

Stroke Order
Kontrol animasi urutan goresan

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
むねむな-
Onyomi 音読み
トウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 1981

Jōyō
-
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1406
Strokes
12
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 28 common entries

Showing 28 of 35 entries that include this kanji.

むね

back of a sword

棟梁

とうりょう

beams and ridge supports of a roof

棟割長屋

むねわりながや

terraced or partitioned housing structure

棟瓦

むながわら

ridge tile

棟札

むなふだ

sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

棟上げ

むねあげ

ridgepole-raising

棟上げ式

むねあげしき

framework raising ceremony

棟木

むなぎ

ridgepole

別棟

べっとう

separate building

病棟

びょうとう

(hospital) ward

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

一棟

ひとむね

one house

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

古い家のが高く見える。

The ridge of the old house looks high.

大工がに木材を上げた。

The carpenter lifted the timber up to the ridgepole.

あの村には茅葺きの家が三ある。

There are three thatched houses in that village.

新しい校舎は二建った。

Two new school buildings were built.

倉庫が一だけ残っている。

Only one warehouse building remains.