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斗拱

dǒu gǒng

2-character word

What 斗拱 means

1. dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails

The characters in 斗拱

• 斗dòuto fight; to struggle; to condemn
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch

Sounds the same

Read dǒu gǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枓拱variant of 斗拱
• 枓栱variant of 斗拱

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