桁

See also: 航

桁 U+6841, 桁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6841 ← 桀 [U+6840] CJK Unified Ideographs 桂 → [U+6842]

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		桁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (行) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
筕	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
桁	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
行	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
胻	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡	*ɡraːŋ
蘅	*ɡraːŋ
珩	*ɡraːŋ
洐	*ɡraːŋ
荇	*ɡraːŋʔ
絎	*ɡraːŋs

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 桁

1. purlin; crossbeams of a roof

Synonyms

• (Min Dong) 桁桁

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Japanese

Kanji

桁

(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

Kanji in this term
桁
けた Grade: S
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けた [kètá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ta̠]

Noun

桁(けた) • (keta) 

1. (construction) girder, crossbeam (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
   • 2019, Mori Kōnin and 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, Mori Ōgai, Takasabune [The Boat on the Takase River]‎^[2]:

     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

   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.

Related terms

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

Derived terms

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

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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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