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斗拱

Mandarin · pinyin dǒu gǒng

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

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斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
拱: gǒng · fold hands on breast; bow, salute

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3–3 · dou3 gong3

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(architecture) dougong (a structural element consisting of interlocking wooden brackets as used in traditional Chinese architecture)

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