工字梁

gōngzìliáng

noun

Measure Word

一根工字梁 gēn

Meanings

1 I-beam
2 I-section girder

Characters

the character 工 (shaped like 'I')

Examples

工地上吊起一根工字梁。

Gōngdì shàng diào qǐ yī gēn gōngzìliáng.

An I-beam is being lifted on the construction site.

高层建筑大量使用工字梁。

Gāocéng jiànzhù dàliàng shǐyòng gōngzìliáng.

High-rise buildings make heavy use of I-beams.

Tips

memory

The character 工 looks exactly like an I-beam in cross-section — flanges top and bottom, web in the middle. So 工字梁 literally = 'gong-character beam' = I-beam.

Stroke Order

工 gōng

字 zì

梁 liáng