A roof with slopes on all four sides; common in traditional Japanese architecture.
The hipped roof of this shrine is very beautiful.
Hipped roofs are said to be strong against wind.
A gable roof with two sloping sides, unlike the four-sided hipped roof.
A hip-and-gable roof that combines features of both hipped and gable roofs.
Standard kanji spelling for a hipped roof.
Variant spelling with okurigana せ; less common but still used.
Compound of 寄せ (yose, 'gathering') + 棟 (mune, 'ridge') + 屋根 (yane, 'roof'), referring to a roof where the ridge gathers the slopes from all sides.