桁
beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting)
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- けた
Meaning
桁 centers on a horizontal structural support: a beam or girder in construction, and by extension a column or place in accounting where numbers line up like beams.
Most common words using 桁
20 of 34- 桁けたN2
column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard
- 桁違いけたちがい
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
- 桁外れけたはずれ
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
- 橋桁はしげた
bridge girder
- 井桁いげた
well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
- 一桁ひとけた
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
- 三桁さんけた
three-digit number; hundreds column
- 下二桁しもふたけた
last two figures of a number
- 主桁しゅげた
main girder
- 二桁ふたけた
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
- 五桁ごけた
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
- 側桁がわげた
stringer; slanted staircase beam
- 全桁上げぜんけたあげ
complete carry
- 四桁よけた
four-digit number; thousands column
- 小数点以下の桁数しょうすうてんいかのけたすう
number of decimal places
- 帆桁ほげた
(sail) yard; boom
- 敷桁しきげた
partition cap; upper plate; wall girder
- 昭和一桁しょうわひとけた
(generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)
- 有効桁ゆうこうけた
significant digit
- 桁あふれけたあふれ
overflow
Study
Etymology
桁 combines 木 (wood) with 行 (go, line), suggesting a wooden beam or horizontal line. The accounting sense likely comes from the idea of rows or columns.
Meaning mnemonic
A wooden 木 beam that goes 行 across, like a girder supporting a structure. In accounting, numbers are placed in columns that run across the page like beams.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a construction worker calling out 'Go!' as a wooden beam is lifted into place: 'Go!' cues コウ, and the beam goes across.