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HSK 6
栋
dòng
ridge-beam; the main support of a house
🔤 Pictophonetic:
木 (wood) provides meaning, 东 provides pronunciation
Words Using 栋 (6)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
栋
dòng
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
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栋
dòng
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
栋梁
dòngliáng
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
栋梁
dòngliáng
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
汗牛充栋
hànniúchōngdòng
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
汗牛充栋
hànniúchōngdòng
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
吴作栋
WúZuòdòng
Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
吴作栋
WúZuòdòng
Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
独栋
dúdòng
(of a building) detached
独栋
dúdòng
(of a building) detached
雕梁画栋
diāoliánghuàdòng
richly ornamented (building)
雕梁画栋
diāoliánghuàdòng
richly ornamented (building)
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰木东
i
Component Tree i
dōng
东
east, eastern, eastward
📷 Pictographic:
Simplified form of 東, the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木
5 strokes
HSK 1