椽

chuán

noun #63,780

Meanings

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.

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