Moto 棟: Ridgepole; RidgeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- トウ
- Kun'yomi
- むね、むな-
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 37 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (トウ)
- 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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation)
- 上棟式じょうとうしきridgepole-raising ceremony
- 上棟祭じょうとうさいridgepole-raising ceremony
- 号棟ごうとうsuffix for building numbers
- 寮棟りょうとうdormitory building; dormitory hall
- 汗牛充棟かんぎゅうじゅうとう(having, there being) a great number of books
- 研究室棟けんきゅうしつとうlaboratory block; research laboratory building
- 管理棟かんりとうadministrative building
- 翼棟よくとうwing (of a building)
- 陳列棟ちんれつとうgallery; exhibition hall
- 隔離病棟かくりびょうとうisolation ward
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 棟むねridge (of roof)
- 別棟べつむねseparate building; outbuilding
- 一棟ひとむねone house; the same house
- 一棟借りひとむねがりwholesale lease (on a building)
- 大棟おおむねtop ridge of a roof; main ridge of a roof
- 寄せ棟よせむねhipped roof; hip roof
- 寄せ棟屋根よせむねやねhipped roof; hip roof
- 寄せ棟造りよせむねづくりhip roof; hipped roof
- 棟上げむねあげridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
- 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
- 棟打ちむねうちstriking with the back of the sword
- 棟木むなぎridgepole; ridge beam
- 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.
- 棟瓦むながわらridge tile
- 隅棟すみむねhip (of roof)
Other readings
- ヨーロッパ山棟蛇ヨーロッパやまかがしgrass snake (Natrix natrix); ringed snake
- 寄せ棟造よせむねづくりhip roof; hipped roof
- 寄棟よせむねhipped roof; hip roof
- 寄棟屋根よせむねやねhipped roof; hip roof
- 寄棟造よせむねづくりhip roof; hipped roof
- 寄棟造りよせむねづくりhip roof; hipped roof
- 山棟蛇やまかがしtiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
- 赤棟蛇やまかがしtiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
Kanji that often appear with 棟
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