05911 Chinese character of 桷 and pronounce gok3

The Chinese character【桷】that we will talk about today is a word that describes buildings or materials. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Timber for roofing or construction.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【桷】:jué

Cantonese Jyutping of 【桷】:gok3

Below is a description of the essential features of the character 【桷】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【桷】, for example:Describe the building or material , It means mainly roofing or construction timber .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【桷】is an individual word whose meaning expands when incorporated into combinations, such as【桷梁、木桷】(Mandarin Pinyin:jué liáng 、mù jué/ Cantonese Jyutping:gok3 loeng4 、muk6 gok3)

This character is composed using 11 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


工匠用堅固的木桷建造房屋。

The craftsmen built the houses with sturdy wooden rafters.


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