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Keyword
pillar
  • post
  • cylinder
  • support
Frequency
#1119
Strokes
9
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
286
Readings
チュウ75%
はしら25%
Mnemonic
A tree stands guard for its master, shouldering the whole roof without complaint, and everyone who visits admires this faithful pillar.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
柱はしら
pillar; post; support; prop; mainstay; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
Noun
支し柱ちゅう
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
Noun
電でん柱ちゅう
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
Noun
大だい黒こく柱ばしら
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man
Noun
氷柱つらら
icicle
Noun
柱ちゅう
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
Noun
柱じゅう
fret (of a biwa)
Noun
円えん柱ちゅう
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
Noun
人ひと柱ばしら
person who died for a cause
Noun
脊せき柱ちゅう
spinal column; vertebral column; spine
Noun
火ひ柱ばしら
pillar of fire; blazing column
Noun
門もん柱ちゅう
gatepost; pier
Noun
貝かい柱ばしら
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
Noun
石せき柱ちゅう
stone pillar
Noun
角かく柱ちゅう
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar
Noun
隅すみ柱ばしら
corner post; corner pillar
Noun
柱ちゅう状じょう
shape of a pillar or column
Noun
茶ちゃ柱ばしら
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
Noun
三さん角かく柱ちゅう
triangular prism
Noun
柱はしら時計どけい
wall clock; grandfather clock
Noun
標ひょう柱ちゅう
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
Noun