桁

Translingual

Han character

桁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹人弓 (DHON), four-corner 4192₁, composition ⿰木行)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 525, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14754
• Dae Jaweon: page 913, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1201, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6841

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

桁

1. purlin; crossbeams of a roof, door, window, etc.

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min) 桁桁

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

桁

1. cangue placed on a criminal's neck and feet

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

桁

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) large rod used to reinforce a door or window
2. (Xiamen Hokkien) to press against something to stabilize it (using a large rod)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}; ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: けた (keta, 桁, Jōyō)

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

桁 (建築)

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けた (Heiban – )
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Noun

桁(けた) • (keta) 

1. (construction) girder, crossbeam
   • 2019, Mori Kōnin, Morimoto Minori, Sugu ni yakudatsu saishin Kenchiku Kijunhō to shidō kyōkai nisshōken no hōritsu to toraburu kaiketsuhō [Useful guide to the latest Building Standards Act and laws on private driveways, property boundaries, and zoning, with trouble shooting], page 72:

     木(もく)造(ぞう)建(けん)築(ちく)物(ぶつ)の場(ば)合(あい)は地(じ)盤(ばん)面(めん)から敷(しき)桁(げた)上(じょう)端(たん)（柱(はしら)の上(じょう)部(ぶ)を連(れん)結(けつ)しているけたの上(じょう)端(たん)）まで の高(たか)さが軒(のき)の高(たか)さになります。

     Mokuzō kenchikubutsu no baai wa jibanmen kara shikigeta jōtan (hashira no jōbu o renketsu shite iru keta no jōtan) made no takasa ga noki no takasa ni narimasu.

     In the case of wooden buildings, the height from the ground surface to the top of the top plate (the top of the crossbeam connecting the tops of the pillars) defines the height of the eaves.

2. the rod that goes through the beads of an abacus
   • 1916, 森鷗外(もりおうがい) [Mori Ōgai], 高瀬舟(たかせぶね) (Takase-bune)‎:

     彼(かれ)と我(わ)れとの相(そう)違(い)は、いわば十(そ)露(ろ)盤(ばん)の桁(けた)が違(ちが)っているだけで、喜(き)助(すけ)のありがたがる二(に)百(ひゃく)文(もん)に相(そう)当(とう)する貯(ちょ)蓄(ちく)だに、こっちはないのである。

     Kare to ware to no sōi wa, iwaba soroban no keta ga chigatte iru dake de, Kisuke no arigatagaru nihyaku-mon ni sōtō suru chochiku dani, kotchi wa nai no de aru.

     You can say the only difference between us is a rod on the abacus. Shobei had no such thing as the 200-mon worth of extra funds that was giving Kisuke so much pleasure.

3. (arithmetic) digit (a numeral used in a positional numeral system)

   桁(けた)溢(あふ)れ

   keta afure

   digit overflow

   十(じゅっ)桁(けた)の番号(ばんごう)

   jukketa no bangō

   10-digit ID number

   二(に)十(じっ)進法(しんほう)では八(はっ)千(せん)で四(よん)桁(けた)に達(たっ)する。

   Nijisshinhō de wa hassen de yon keta ni tassuru.

   In base twenty, one reaches four digits at eight thousand.

   • 2015, Yazawa Hisao, Deru toko dake! kihon jōhō gijutsusha [Just what you need: basics of information technology], page 27:

     16(じゅうろく)進( しん)数(すう)は、16(じゅうろく)で桁(けた)上(あ)がりする数(かぞ)え方(かた)です。16(じゅうろく)進( しん)数(すう)では、15(じゅうご)までを1(いち)桁(けた)で表(あらわ)さなければならないので、A～F(エー～エフ)を数(すう)字(じ)として使(つか)って、0(ゼロ)、1(いち)、2(に)、3(さん)、4(よん)、5(ご)、6(ろく)、7(なな)、8(はち)、9(きゅう)、A(エー)、B(ビー)、C(シー)、D(ディー)、E(イー)、F(エフ)、10(いちゼロ)、……と数(かぞ)えます。

     Jūroku shinsū wa, jūroku de keta agari suru kazoekata desu. Jūroku shinsū de wa, jūgo made o ichi keta de arawasanakereba naranai no de, ē~efu o sūji to shite tsukatte, zero, ichi, ni, san, yon, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyū, ē, bī, shī, dī, ī, efu, ichi-zero,…… to kazoemasu.

     Hexadecimal is a system of counting based on 16 digits. In hexadecimal, since we need to represent values up to 15 with one digit we use A to F as numerals, and count 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, 10... and so on.

Derived terms

• (girder): 橋(はし)桁(げた) (hashigeta, “bridge girder”)
• (digit): 桁(けた)外(はず)れ (ketahazure, “incalculable”)

Related terms

• (girder): 梁(はり) (hari, “beam”), 棟(むね) (mune, “ridge”)

References

Korean

Hanja

桁 • (hang, hyeong) (hangeul 항, 형, revised hang, hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hang, hyŏng, Yale hang, hyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桁: Hán Nôm readings: hành

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