柱 — Chinese character
柱
zhù
to lean on; pillar, post, support
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 木 主
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 主
- Japanese
- 柱 as a kanji
Common words with 柱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支柱 | zhī zhù | mainstay; pillar |
| 柱子 | zhù zi | pillar; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 石柱 | shí zhù | stela; upright stone |
| 圆柱 (圓柱) | yuán zhù | column; cylinder |
| 脊柱 | jǐ zhù | spinal column; columna vertebralis |
| 中流砥柱 | zhōng liú dǐ zhù | mainstay; cornerstone |
| 支柱产业 (支柱產業) | zhī zhù chǎn yè | mainstay industry |
| 水柱 | shuǐ zhù | stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water |
| 圆柱形 (圓柱形) | yuán zhù xíng | cylindrical |
| 柱头 (柱頭) | zhù tóu | (architecture) capital; column head |
| 天柱 | tiān zhù | pillars supporting heaven |
| 圆柱体 (圓柱體) | yuán zhù tǐ | cylinder (geometry) |
English words written with 柱
柱 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.