上棟式 (じょうとうしき) — ridgepole-raising ceremony | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

ridgepole-raising ceremony

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

ridgepole-raising ceremony

じょうとうしき

上

うえ, -うえ, ジョウ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

棟

ridgepole, ridge

むね, むな-, トウ

木

き, こ-, ボク

東

ひがし, トウ

木

き, こ-, ボク

日

day, sun, Japan...

ひ, -び, ニチ

木

き, こ-, ボク

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

式

style, ceremony, rite...

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

コウ, ク, グ

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