Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 栋
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栋 |
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Meaning |
ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings |
Pronunciation |
dòng |
Explanation |
Left: tree 木, right: east 东/東 (here: 木 as ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 to form the roof) |
Mnemonic
| The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards 日 is the ridgepole. |
Radicals
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木
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tree | |
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東
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east | (In this radical the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 栋梁 |
dòng liáng |
ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) | | 雕梁画栋 |
diāo liáng huà dòng |
richly ornamented (building) | | 汗牛充栋 |
hàn niú chōng dòng |
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books |
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