Taxonomy of meanings for 欒:　　

  • 欒 luán (OC: b-roon MC: lʷɑn) 落官切 平 廣韻：【木名説文曰木似欄禮天子樹松諸侯柏大夫欒士楊又曲枅亦姓代爲晉卿出左傳 】

Additional information about 欒

說文解字: 【欒】，木似欄。从木、䜌聲。《禮》：天子樹松，諸矦柏，大夫欒，士楊。 【洛官切】

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  • BEAM

    [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

    [GENERAL-USE/TECHNICAL-TERM]

    1. The current general term for a beam is liáng 梁, but specifically this refers to the north-south orientated rafters.

    [GENERAL!]

    2. Dòng 棟 refers to the ridge-pole of the roof, oriented usually in the east-western direction. It is also general term for the east-western beams in a roof construction. [HUANG 1995: 1044]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    3. Jí 極 refers to the beam at the top of the roof which is only visible from inside the house, and is thus a specific term for dòng 棟 in its specific meaning.

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    4. Luán 欒 refers to a bent piece of wood on the top of a pillar. [HANYU DACIDIAN: vol. 4. pp. 1371; ill.: HAYASHI 1976: pp. 72, tab. 4-50]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    5. Jí 极 is another term for the ridge-pole used in pre-Qin times; it does not generally refer to the east-southern beams: [HUANG 1995: 1044]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    6. Fú 桴 refers to the east-western beam which is second when counted from the ridge-pole: [HUANG 1995: 1044 - 1045]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    7. Méi 楣 is another term for fú 桴. Later, the word began to be used for the horizontal beam above the door. [HUANG 1995: 1044 - 1045]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    8. Guǐ 庪 refers to the third east-western beam. [HUANG 1995: 1045]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    9. Yǐn (written like 隱 but with 木 radical) and fén 棼 both refer to the highest east-western ridge-pole of the double-roof. [HUANG 1995: 1045]

    [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

    10. Lǔ (written 木 + 呂 ) refers to the beam supporting the rafters of the roof. [HANYU DACIDIAN: vol. 4, pp. 973]

    NB: A standard building has the main gate facing south, and all beams in the north-south direction are called liáng 梁, all beams in the east-west direction are called dòng 棟.