栋(dòng): classifier for houses or buildings
classifier for houses or buildings
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Meaning
- classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- 棟
Origin & structure
Where 栋 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 栋 step by step
9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 栋
Common words using 栋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
dòng栋liáng梁
HSK 7-9ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; m…
Open 栋梁 page →Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister…
Open 吴作栋 page →lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fi…
Open 汗牛充栋 page →Related characters
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