Chinese symbol for “pillar”
柱
zhù
pillar; measure word: 根 (gēn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pillar is 柱 (zhù), defined as: pillar; measure word: 根 (gēn).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pillar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柱子 | zhù zi | pillar; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 楹 | yíng | pillar |
| 柱石 | zhù shí | pillar |
| 顶梁柱 (頂梁柱) | dǐng liáng zhù | pillar; backbone |
| 樘 | chěng | a pillar |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pillar”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.