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柱

Pillar
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingチュウ
Kun readingはしら
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 40

Meanings

  1. pillarRtK
  2. column
  3. post
    彼は柱に頭をぶつけた。He bumped his head against a post.tatoeba
    猫が柱でつめを研いでいた。A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.tatoeba
  1. support
  2. prop
  3. mainstay

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · candlestick · lord · drop (丶) · king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 286

Compound words

円柱えんちゅう
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
支柱しちゅう
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
電柱でんちゅう
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
大黒柱だいこくばしら
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man
火柱ひばしら
pillar of fire
花柱かちゅう
(flower's) style
蚊柱かばしら
mosquito swarm
貝柱かいばしら
adductor muscle
巻柱まきばしら
gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi
丸柱えんちゅう
column
魂柱こんちゅう
sound post (e.g. of a violin)
人柱ひとばしら
person who died for a cause
脊柱せきちゅう
spinal column
霜柱しもばしら
frost columns
柱廊ちゅうろう
pillared corridor
鉄柱てっちゅう
iron pillar
帆柱ほばしら
mast
磔柱はりつけばしら
cross (used in a crucifixion)
箏柱ことじ
bridge of a koto
筝柱ことじ
bridge of a koto
斜角柱しゃかくちゅう
oblique prism
柱時計はしらどけい
wall clock
脊柱後弯症せきちゅうこうわんしょう
kyphosis
脊柱前弯症せきちゅうぜんわんしょう
lordosis

Kun Reading Examples

彼は柱に寄りかかって自由の女神像をじっと見つめた。はしら
He leaned against the pillar and gazed at the Statue of Liberty.tatoeba
柱は右へ傾いて倒れた。はしら
The pillar tilted to the right and fell.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は柱に寄りかかって自由の女神像をじっと見つめた。
He leaned against the pillar and gazed at the Statue of Liberty.tatoeba
彼は車を電柱にぶつけた。
He ran the car into a lamppost.tatoeba
彼は車を角の電柱でこすって傷をつけてしまった。
He scraped his car on the utility pole at the corner.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Pillar. Wood 木 + 主 (main) — the main timber holding up a house.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 柱

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step