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girder

On-Yomi: コウ — Kun-Yomi: けた

Koohii stories:

1) [timcampbell] 29-12-2008(62): When the wooden girders start to snap, the workmen shout "Run! Let's go!".

2) [astridtops] 12-3-2007(16): Girders are support beams that are nowadays mostly made out of steel. But in the ancient houses that are placed at the boulevard the girders will be made out of wood.

3) [aniseed] 7-3-2010(12): 「けた」。This kanji is used to denote a number of digits or decimal places, e.g. 三桁のパスワード (a 3-digit password).

4) [Katsuo] 2-4-2009(10): People use girders these days – wood's going out.

5) [blannk] 5-12-2009(6): [+astridtops] Girders are support beams now most often made of steel. But the girders of the ancient houses of this boulevard are strong columns of wood.

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