beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting)
On'yomi (音読み)
- コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- けた
About this kanji
The kanji 桁 (けた) primarily means a beam or a girder and is also used in contexts related to numbers or accounting, signifying columns or digits. It often appears in nouns, such as 衣桁 (いこう), which means a clothes rack, and 一桁 (ひとけた), meaning one digit in a numerical context. Another common compound is 桁橋 (けたばし), which refers to a girder bridge. Additionally, 桁 can be found in terms like 五桁 (ごけた), meaning five-digit number. When using this kanji, it’s useful to remember that its meaning can vary greatly depending on the context, especially switching from a physical structure to numerical representation.
Example sentences
彼の計算は桁違いだった。
His calculations were on a different level.
Meanings across languages
- English
- beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting)
- Tiếng Việt
- rầm, cột
- 日本語
- 桁, ビーム
- 한국어
- 빔, 기둥
- 中文
- 梁, 柱
- id
- balok, truss, satu kolom
- th
- คาน, คาน, คาน, หน่วย
- es
- viga, viga principal, spar, unidad
- fr
- poutre, longeron, colonne
- de
- Balken, Träger, Spar, Einheit
- pt
- viga, viga principal, trave, coluna
Common compounds
- 衣桁clothes rack
- 井桁well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends, pattern resembling the symbol #, parallel crosses
- 一桁one digit, one column, the "ones" column
- 桁橋girder bridge
- 五桁five-digit number, "ten thousands" column
- 三桁three-digit number, hundreds column
- 四桁four-digit number, thousands column
- 二桁two-digit number, "tens" column, two digits
Words using this kanji
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