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cuánjiān (<roofs by form: exterior shape>, <roofs by form>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Literally meaning “massed [into a] point” (Kroll 2015, 68; 194) cuanjian is a form of traditional Chinese roof that meets at the top to form a spire. The term cuanjian first appeared in the literature of the Qing dynasty, and is characterized by a steep roof which can have several vertical ridges (in a polygonal plan) or no ridges (in a circular plan) but which comes together at the top in a point and is then covered with a tapered, jewel-shaped finial (baoding 寶頂). |
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cuánjiān (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
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cuánjiān (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),D,U)
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攢尖 (C,V,Chinese (traditional),UF,U)
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攒尖 (C,V,Chinese (simplified),UF,U)
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cuanjian (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),UF,U)
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ts'uan-chien (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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................ architectural elements (G) |
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................................ <roofs and roof components> (G) |
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.................................... roofs (G) |
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................................................ cuánjiān (G,U) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... “攢尖”為中國傳統建築的一種屋頂形式。“攢尖”一詞最早出現在清代文獻中,指建築物屋面在頂部交匯成一點形成尖頂的屋頂形式。 |
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