棟
dòng HSK7

main beams supporting house

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 東 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
東
東 Sound component
dōng east

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːŋs
Unicodedùng

說文解字

極也。从木東聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

栋 dòng main beams supporting house Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 东 represents the sound. Simplified form of 棟.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
东
东 Sound component
dōng east

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode