chuán 椽

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Terms

  • chuan (Pinyin without tones)1
  • 椽 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 椽 (Simplified Chinese)
  • chuán (Pinyin)1
  • ch'uan (Wade-Giles)
  • rafter (lit.) (English)
  • rafters (English)2

Note

    Hanging inclined timber member supporting roof tiles. In Traditional Chinese Architecture rafters extend from purlin to purlin. Can also be used to as a unit of length, as in a "sichuanfu 四椽栿" (four-rafter cross beam), a cross beam extending the depth of four rafters.3

Works Cited

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  • 1 陳. 2010. 《營造法式》辭解, 378.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays, 351.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 2018. ATTCAT 2018Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

Broad Match: building frame

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“椽 chuán” in Architectura Sinica last modified September 26, 2024, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000107.

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“椽 chuán.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published January 18, 2020. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000107.

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Entry Title: 椽 chuán

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  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
  • Yuh-Fen Benda, associate editor, Architectural Terminology

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  • Data entry and editing by Yuh-Fen Benda
  • Revision by Tracy Miller
  • Revising title statement by SUN Zheng 孫正

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