buildings
棟 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as dòng in the fourth tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 栋 is used.
1 story has been written about this character — see all
You need to log in to write a story for 棟
Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 棟
Definitions for 棟 pronounced as dòng
- classifier for houses or buildings
- ridgepole (old)
Vocabulary
The most common words for 棟 — see all
- ridgepole
- ridgepole and beams
- person able to bear heavy responsibility
- mainstay (of organization)
- pillar (of state)
- (of a building) detached
- lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
Collections
Collections which contain 棟 — see all
A Course in Contemporary Chinese Lesson 6 Part 2
by CharlieHorse ※ 31 characters
4a - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
by russell359 ※ 200 characters