斗拱 in English dou3 gong3 Meaning

Meanings

  • interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossomebodyeams used in traditional Chinese architecture

Simplified Characters

斗 拱

Traditional Characters

斗 拱

Pinyin

dou3 gong3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

斗dou4abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] 拱gong3to cup one's hands in salute