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Readings

Kana: トウ、むね、むな-
Romaji: tou, mune, muna-
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

ridgepole, ridge

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  1406
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  dong
Chinese Reading:  dong4
Unicode:  68df
JIS:  456F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 991
Nelson Index: 2299
New Nelson Index: 2747
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a8.3
Four Corner Index: 4599.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1653
Gakken Index: 1899
Japanese Names Index: 1627
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14949
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0399
Remembering the kanji Index: 505
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1440
Kodansha Compact Index: 1104
Kanji in Context Index: 1533
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 678
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 904
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 517
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 544
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1248
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1864
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1553

Words

(とう)
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
病棟 (びょうとう)
(hospital) ward
別棟 (べつむね、べっとう)
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
山棟蛇 (やまかがし、ヤマカガシ)
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus); ringed grass snake
棟上げ式 (むねあげしき)
framework raising ceremony
(むね)
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
棟梁 (とうりょう)
chief support; pillar (e.g. of nation); leader; boss; master (craftsman); beams and ridge supports of a roof (orig. meaning)
一棟 (ひとむね)
one house; the same house
棟木 (むなぎ)
ridgepole; ridge beam
棟上げ (むねあげ)
ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
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