jué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a square rafter

Examples

Lǎo wū de wūdǐng yóu yì páipái jué zhīchēng zhe.
The roof of the old house was supported by rows of square rafters.
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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