棟

Meaning

棟 centers on the main horizontal beam at the peak of a roof: the ridgepole. By extension it can refer to the ridge of a roof itself.

• 棟むね

  ridge (of roof)

• 病棟びょうとう

  (hospital) ward

• 棟梁とうりょう

  central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader

• 別棟べつむね

  separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

• 上棟じょうとう

  raising the ridgepole

• 棟とう
  N1

  large building; building with a long roof

• 一棟ひとむね

  one house; the same house

• 一棟借りひとむねがり

  wholesale lease (on a building)

• 一棟貸しいっとうがし

  renting a whole house; cottage rental

• 一般病棟いっぱんびょうとう

  general ward (of a hospital)

• 上棟式じょうとうしき

  ridgepole-raising ceremony

• 上棟祭じょうとうさい

  ridgepole-raising ceremony

• 号棟ごうとう

  suffix for building numbers

• 大棟おおむね

  top ridge of a roof; main ridge of a roof

• 寄せ棟よせむね

  hipped roof; hip roof; hipped roof construction; hip roof construction

• 寄せ棟屋根よせむねやね

  hipped roof; hip roof

• 寄せ棟造りよせむねづくり

  hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof

• 寮棟りょうとう

  dormitory building; dormitory hall

• 棟上げむねあげ

  ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house

• 棟上げ式むねあげしき

  framework raising ceremony

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