Japanese Kanji
棟tou
ridgepole · ridge
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 12 strokes
Ridgepole, ridge.
棟 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 12 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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