main beam or pillar of a building

Animated Stroke Order 栋

栋 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 栋

栋 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
shì
guó
jiā
de
dòng
liáng
zhī
cái

He is a pillar of the nation

2
qǐng
zhù
men
de
dòng
hào
shì
hào

Please remember our building number is five

3
zhè
zuò
dòng
shǐ
yōu
jiǔ

This building has a long history

4
shì
guó
jiā
de
dòng
liáng

He is a pillar of the nation.

5
zhè
xiē
nián
qīng
rén
shì
wèi
lái
de
dòng
liáng
men
yào
hǎo
hǎo
péi
yǎng
men

These young people are the pillars of the future, and we need to nurture them well.

6
zuò
wéi
gōng
de
dòng
liáng
dài
lǐng
tuán
duì
le
chū
de

As a pillar of the company, he led the team to achieve outstanding performance.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1714
Zhuyinㄉㄨㄥˋ
Components
UnicodeU+680B
CangjieDKNI
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality