Memory phrase for the character: 栋

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

木 tree
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 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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