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tou-kung

tou-kung is the alternative form of dougong.

Meaning of dougong

Noun

dougong (uncountable)

  1. A structural element consisting of interlocking wooden brackets as used in traditional Chinese architecture.

Origin of tou-kung

From Mandarin 斗拱 Wade–Giles romanization: tou-kung.

Questions about tou-kung

What is tou-kung the alternative form of?
Tou-kung is the alternative form of dougong.

Words near tou-kung in the dictionary

  1. totus porcus
  2. toty
  3. Totzke
  4. Totzkes
  5. TOU
  6. tou-kung
  7. tou-tou
  8. tou-tous
  9. tou-tu
  10. tou-tus
  11. Touareg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tou-kung (page history and authors); dougong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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