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The kanji 棟: meaning, readings and stroke order
棟
- Meaning
- ridge, building
- On reading
- トウ tou
- Kun reading
- むね mune、むな* muna
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nóc nhà, toà nhà (đống)
- Japanese
- やねの いちばん たかい ところ。たてもの。
- Korean
- 용마루, 건물 (동)
- Chinese
- 屋脊、栋 (栋)
Readings, words and example sentences
トウ tou · on reading · less common
病棟
hospital ward (building)
病棟の ろうかを 歩きます。
I walk down the hallway of the hospital ward.
むね mune · kun reading · less common
棟
ridge (top line of a roof)
屋根の 棟を 直します。
They fix the ridge of the roof.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 棟 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 棟 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.