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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
chuán
    chuan2
ch`uan
    chuan
 ten
    たるき
beam; rafter; classifier for rooms
rafter
Rafters.

椽側

see styles
 engawa
    えんがわ
veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor

椽子

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chuán zi
    chuan2 zi5
ch`uan tzu
    chuan tzu
beam; rafter

椽柱

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chuán zhù
    chuan2 zhu4
ch`uan chu
    chuan chu
 tenchū
rafters and pillars

椽梠

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chuán lǚ
    chuan2 lv3
ch`uan lü
    chuan lü
 tenro
rafters and eaves

田椽

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 taen
    たえん
(surname) Taen

椽の鼻

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 ennohana
    えんのはな
(place-name) Ennohana

三條椽下


三条椽下

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sān tiáo chuán xià
    san1 tiao2 chuan2 xia4
san t`iao ch`uan hsia
    san tiao chuan hsia
 san jōten ka
Under three rafters—the regulation space for a monk's bed or seat; in meditation.

出頭的椽子先爛


出头的椽子先烂

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chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn
    chu1 tou2 de5 chuan2 zi5 xian1 lan4
ch`u t`ou te ch`uan tzu hsien lan
    chu tou te chuan tzu hsien lan
lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom); fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack

Variations:
縁側(P)
椽側

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 engawa
    えんがわ
(1) (See 縁・6) engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; (2) (縁側 only) (See 担鰭骨) bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

Variations:
縁側(P)
椽側(rK)

see styles
 engawa
    えんがわ
(1) (See 縁・6) engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; (2) (縁側 only) (See 担鰭骨) bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

Variations:
垂木
たる木


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 taruki; haeki(榱)(ok)
    たるき; はえき(榱)(ok)
rafter

Variations:
垂木
たる木

榱(rK)
架(rK)

see styles
 taruki; haeki(榱)(ok)
    たるき; はえき(榱)(ok)
rafter

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 13 results for "椽" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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