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Wudian
Also called wu dian, si’a, hipped roof (Chinese)
The hipped roof, with four slopes and a main ridge: the highest-ranking Chinese roof, reserved in Ming and Qing times for imperial halls and the greatest temples. Called si’a in the Song; Japanese yosemune.
Rules that use the word
The roof declares the rank. Give the hipped roof (wudian) to the highest halls, the hip-and-gable (xieshan) to the next, and the gabled roofs, overhanging (xuanshan) and flush (yingshan), to lesser buildings and houses; double the eaves for the very highest.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.
Nearby in the glossary
Weight tower · Westwork · Whiplash · Winder · Xieshan · Xuanshan · Yashti · Yingshan