Radical
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Mandarin
lǐn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
13 strokes
Strokes
17 strokes
Mandarin
lǐn

Definitions by reading

lim3
Mandarin equivalent lǐn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng lim3 Chaoyang lim3 Chenghai ling3 Jieyang lim3 Raoping lim3 Shantou lim3
檩 <名>
架在房梁上托住椽子的横木。也称“桁条”、“檩条”、“檩子” [purlin]
檩,屋上横木。――《集韵》
檩条
[purlin] 屋顶中由上弦支承并支承着椽子的水平构件――亦称“桁条”
檩子
[purlin][方]∶即“檩条”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
檩(檁)lǐn也叫"桁条"。屋上托住椽子或屋面板底的横木。
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English meaning

the bole of a tree; a cross beam; the combing round the hatches of a ship