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difference between 桁 & 棟 - warakawa - 2012-09-08
what is the difference between 桁 & 棟.
difference between 桁 & 棟 - yudantaiteki - 2012-09-08
Don't you have a dictionary?
You may have input the wrong characters; those don't have the same readings or meanings.
difference between 桁 & 棟 - SammyB - 2012-09-09
Shouldn't these questions be in the "what's this word/phrase" thread?! It kinda clutters up the "recent topics"... :/
difference between 桁 & 棟 - warakawa - 2012-09-09
SammyB Wrote:Shouldn't these questions be in the "what's this word/phrase" thread?! It kinda clutters up the "recent topics"... :/thanks for your help.
difference between 桁 & 棟 - Katsuo - 2012-09-09
I think they share an original meaning, i.e. a beam in a building.
棟 is still used for that but has also come to refer to buildings or blocks of buildings.
桁 became used for the very thin "beams" on an abacus that the beads slide up and down on, and from that to decimal digit placement. It's also used in a few idiomatic expressions like 桁違い (けたちがい: in a different class/league to), and 桁外れ (けたはずれ: by a large amount/margin).