Word Meaning 棟梁

とうりょう touryou

棟梁 is read as とうりょう (touryou) and means beams and ridge supports of a roof.

Meaning

English

  1. beams and ridge supports of a roof
  2. master carpenter
  3. chief
  4. boss
  5. leader
  6. head
  7. central figure
  8. pillar (e.g. of the nation)

Reading

Kana

とうりょう

Romaji

touryou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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むね

back of a sword

棟上げ式

むねあげしき

framework raising ceremony

棟割長屋

むねわりながや

terraced or partitioned housing structure

棟上げ

むねあげ

ridgepole-raising

棟木

むなぎ

ridgepole

はり

beam

別棟

べつむね

separate building

病棟

びょうとう

(hospital) ward

上棟

じょうとう

raising the ridgepole

上棟式

じょうとうしき

ridgepole-raising ceremony

一般病棟

いっぱんびょうとう

general ward (of a hospital)

研究室棟

けんきゅうしつとう

laboratory block