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Meaning of 桁

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (wood) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ xíng ] to go, to walk, to move; professional
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1
Pinyin: háng
English Definition:cangue (stocks to punish criminals)
Chinese Definition:
①古代的一种刑具。
②衣架:“还视桁上无悬衣”。

Example Words:
桁杨 háng yáng lit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
桁杨刀锯 háng yáng dāo lit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
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2
Pinyin: héng
English Definition:pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole
Chinese Definition:
①檩:桁条。桁架。
Example Words:
桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams)
桁梁 héng liáng brace girder
横桁帆 héng héng fān boom sail
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Example Sentences
1
Down Wall, from girder into street noon leaks.
2
18
Hanging pirates from the yardarm is so 18th-century.
3
Others built chevrons of plastic booms to block the oil from coming ashore.
4
Here' s another gaff-rigged schooner that is using a topsail and several flying jibs.
5
A large ship, with three masts, lay becalmed on the water, with only one sail set; for not a breeze stiffed, and the sailors sat idle on deck or amongst the rigging.