jué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a square rafter

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lǎo wū de wūdǐng yóu yì páipái jué zhīchēng zhe.
The roof of the old house was supported by rows of square rafters.
HSK 7-9
Yuán de chuánzi jiào chuán, fāng de jiào jué.
Round rafters are called chuan, square ones are called jue.

Tips

usage
A is specifically a square-sectioned roof beam, while a round one is a . The word is largely literary and architectural and rarely heard in everyday speech today.

Components

radical
wood; tree
The wood radical on the left, marking as a wooden object, here a timber beam used in roof framing.
phonetic
jiǎo
horn; angle; corner
Supplies the sound. Standalone can also read jué, close to this character's reading. Its 'angle / corner' sense fits faintly, since the rafter it names is square-cornered.

Stroke Order

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