Word Meaning

とう tou

棟 is read as とう (tou) and means counter for buildings, apartments, etc..

Meaning

English

  1. counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
  2. large building
  3. building with a long roof

Reading

Kana

とう

Romaji

tou

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135641 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

棟梁

とうりょう

beams and ridge supports of a roof

Example Sentences

10

ふるいいえのむねがたかくみえる。

The ridge of the old house looks high.

だいくがむねにもくざいをあげた。

The carpenter lifted the timber up to the ridgepole.

あのむらにはかやぶきのいえがさんむねある。

There are three thatched houses in that village.

あたらしいこうしゃはにむねたった。

Two new school buildings were built.

そうこがひとむねだけのこっている。

Only one warehouse building remains.

やまのうえにしろいいえがひとむねみえる。

A single white house can be seen on the mountain.

てらにはほんどうのほかにちいさなたてものがにむねある。

Besides the main hall, the temple has two small buildings.

たいふうでむねのかわらがおちた。

Tiles on the ridge fell in the typhoon.

このびょういんはとうざいににむねずつある。

This hospital has two buildings each on the east and west sides.

My father is a master builder.