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片持ち梁 (かたもちばり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

片かた持もち梁ばり

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Meanings

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noun

Technical term in architecture and civil engineering for a beam supported at only one end.

この橋はしは片かた持もち梁ばり構こう造ぞうを採さい用ようしている。
This bridge uses a cantilever structure.
バルコニーは片かた持もち梁ばりで支ささえられ

て

いる

。

The balcony is supported by a cantilever.

Written forms

片かた持もち梁ばり
Standard kanji spelling for this engineering term.
片かた持もち梁ばり
Variant spelling; the 持 is not okurigana but part of the kanji compound.

Kanji

片one-sided, leaf, sheet
持hold, have
梁weir, fish trap, beam

Similar words

梁はり
梁 is a general beam; 片持ち梁 specifically refers to a cantilever beam supported at one end.
単たん純じゅん梁ばり
単純梁 is a simply supported beam (supported at both ends), contrasting with the one-end support of 片持ち梁.

Etymology

Compound of 片持ち (かたもち, 'supporting on one side') + 梁 (はり, 'beam'). The spelling 片持梁 is a variant where 持ち is written without okurigana.