RAFTER    屋椽

BIG BEAM USED in PRODUCING ROOFS.
Old Chinese Criteria
HUANG The general term for a rafter is chuán 椽, but the word also refers specifically to a round rafter.
Modern Chinese Criteria
房梁 屋梁 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BEAM　LARGE TIMBER USED TO BUILD BUILDINGS. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • TIMBER　SUBSTANCE OF the MAIN PART of TREES. (anc: 5/0, child: 4)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)

Words (4 items)

桷  jué OC: krooɡ MC: kɣɔk 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nSHI: square rafter
椽  chuán OC: ɡrlon MC: ɖiɛn 3 Attributions

The general term for a rafter is chuán 椽, but the word also refers specifically to a round rafter.

    Syntactic words
  • ngenerally: rafter; specifically: round rafter
榱  cuī OC: srul MC: ʂi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nZUO Xiang 31: decorated rafter
橑  liǎo OC: ɡ-reewʔ MC: lɑu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nCC: rafter on double roof