| RADICAL | ⽊ (75.8) |
|---|---|
| STROKES | 12 |
| SIMPLIFIED | 栋 |
the main beams supporting a house
| 吳作棟 wú zuò dòng | Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004 |
| 棟梁 dòng liáng | ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) |
| 汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng | lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books |
| 獨棟 dú dòng | (of a building) detached |
| 雕梁畫棟 diāo liáng huà dòng | richly ornamented (building) |