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Kanji Detail for 椽 - "rafter"

  • Meaning

    椽 means "rafter."

    1. Rafter - A round timber running from ridge to eaves to support a roof.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rafter; porch

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beams, rafters, supports

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    beam; rafter; classifier for rooms

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beams, rafters, supports

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Rafters. Round ones are called 椽. Square ones are called 桷.
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