椽

chuán

noun #63,780

Meanings

HSK 6

老房子的椽子烂了，需要更换。

Lǎo fángzi de chuánzi làn le, xūyào gēnghuàn.

The old house's rafters had rotted and needed replacing.

HSK 7-9

椽子架在檩条上，支撑屋顶。

Chuánzi jià zài lǐntiáo shàng, zhīchēng wūdǐng.

Rafters are laid across the purlins to hold up the roof.

usage

椽 usually appears as 椽子, the wooden poles that span the roof frame and carry the tiles.

radical

木 mù

wood; timber

The wood radical 木 fixes the meaning of 椽 as a timber building part, grouping it with 梁 and 柱.

phonetic

彖 tuàn

judgment (in the Yijing)

Carries the sound, drifted from tuàn to the modern reading chuán. The same phonetic also drives 缘 and 喙.

椽 chuán