Kanji Detail for 楣 - "eaves, lintel"

楣

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
楣 means "eaves, lintel."
1. Eaves - A roof overhang.
2. Lintel - A horizontal beam over a doorway.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cross-beam above or under a gate

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

crossbeam above or under gate

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

lintel; crossbeam

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

crossbar; lintel

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

From "Erya": "楣 is called a beam." That is what is colloquially called the second beam. Now the horizontal beam above a door is called 楣. Such as calling someone's family status 門楣, meaning the size of the door indicates the height of family standing.
Onyomi

bi(び)

mi(み)
Kunyomi

hisashi(ひさし)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
eaves roof overhang lintel horizontal beam doorway