柱 — kanji meaning “pillar”
柱
pillar, post, cylinder, support
- Meanings
- pillar, post, cylinder, support
- On'yomi
- チュウ (chuu)
- Kun'yomi
- はしら
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1119 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhù — Chinese character page
Words with 柱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電柱 | でんちゅう denchuu | utility pole; power pole; telephone pole |
| 支柱 | しちゅう shichuu | prop; stay; support |
| 円柱 | えんちゅう enchuu | column; shaft; cylinder |
| 大黒柱 | だいこくばしら daikokubashira | central pillar (of a building) |
| 氷柱 | つらら tsurara | icicle |
| 火柱 | ひばしら hibashira | pillar of fire; blazing column |
| 門柱 | もんちゅう monchuu | gatepost; pier |
| 鉄柱 | てっちゅう tetchuu | iron pole |
| 人柱 | ひとばしら hitobashira | person who died for a cause |
| 脊柱 | せきちゅう sekichuu | spinal column; vertebral column; spine |
| 電信柱 | でんしんばしら denshinbashira | telephone pole |
| 貝柱 | かいばしら kaibashira | adductor muscle |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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