〜棟(とう)

とう

counter, suffix

counter for buildings; building, wing

1. counter for buildings; building (in a complex)

Counts large buildings such as apartment blocks, hospital wings and warehouses. After a letter or number it names one building of a complex: A棟(とう), 東(ひがし)棟(とう).

マンションが3棟(とう)建(た)っている。

Three apartment buildings stand there.

会議室(かいぎしつ)はB棟(とう)の2階(かい)です。

The meeting room is on the second floor of Building B.

火事(かじ)で住宅(じゅうたく)が5棟(とう)焼(や)けたと、ニュースで言(い)っていた。

The news said five houses burned down in the fire.

Counting patterns

1棟(とう) (いっとう), 2棟(とう) (にとう), 3棟(とう) (さんとう), 6棟(とう) (ろくとう), 8棟(とう) (はっとう), 10棟(とう) (じゅっとう)

Usage

棟(とう) is the word used in news reports, real-estate listings and on signs. In everyday talk, ordinary houses are usually counted with 軒(けん) (家(いえ)が3軒(けん)), and buildings in general with つ or 建物(たてもの)が三(みっ)つ.

Common collocations

病棟(びょうとう): hospital ward or wing
研究棟(けんきゅうとう): research building
住宅(じゅうたく)○棟(とう)が全焼(ぜんしょう)する: ○ houses burn down completely (news)

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Added 2026.10.5 4:17 · Revised 2026.10.5 4:22

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