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  *頂* | 頂* | *頂
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
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  *瓦* | 瓦* | *瓦
roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特
HSK 7-9
roof
HSK 7-9
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  *磚* | 磚* | *磚
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
eaves / roof (i.e. home)
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  *宀* | 宀* | *宀
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in , , etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
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  *梁* | 梁* | *梁
roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge
hatchway / skylight / sun roof
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  *溜* | 溜* | *溜
swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
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  *茨* | 茨* | *茨
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof)
rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated
(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
roof of the mouth / to load a gun
to gather happily under one roof
to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down
dome / vault / domed roof
glazed roof tile
the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
small ventilation tower on roof of building
a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
lit. multiple roof / building of several stories
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
(mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杗* | 杗* | *杗
ridge-pole in roof
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
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  *甍* | 甍* | *甍
rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof
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  *桁* | 桁* | *桁
pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿 and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榀* | 榀* | *榀
classifier for roof beams and trusses
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  *棁* | 棁* | *棁
(wooden) stick / roof beam
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  *棳* | 棳* | *棳
small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
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  *柁* | 柁* | *柁
main beam of roof
tile-roofed house
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  *棼* | 棼* | *棼
beams in roof / confused
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笮* | 笮* | *笮
board under tiles on roof / narrow
roof ridge
roof
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
a kind of ornament on the roof ridge
tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
flat roof
canopy / roof / ceiling
roof rack
car roof
three generations under one roof
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
palate (roof of the mouth)
false roof
sun window / sun roof (of car)
name of the "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40)
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
housetop / roof
an arched roof / a dome / a vault
square roof
roof beam / rafters
canopy / roof / ceiling
(East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
thatched roof
brick house with a tiled roof
roof / lid
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
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  *齶* | 齶* | *齶
palate / roof of the mouth


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