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Girders Made 桁 コウ けた Beam Spar Unit

Kanji
Onyomi コウ
Kunyomi けた
English beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting)
Examples 桁(けた): (1) column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard (2) digit; decade; order of magnitude
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Components 木: tree; wood
行: going; journey
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 75
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading き・きへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword girder
Koohii Story 1 Girders are support beams that are nowadays mostly made out of steel. But in the ancient houses that are placed at the boulevard the girders will be made out of wood.
Koohii Story 2 When the wooden girders start to snap, the workmen shout "Run! Let´s go!".
RTK Index (new) 956

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades, kanji_counting, kanji_structure.town.building

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