柱
pillar; post; cylinder; support
9 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1119.
Readings
- チュウ (on reading): 電柱 (でんちゅう) utility pole; 支柱 (しちゅう) prop
- はしら (kun reading): 柱 (はしら) pillar; 掘立柱 (ほったてばしら) pillar sunk into the ground
- Read as a whole word: 琴柱 (ことじ) bridge of a koto
Components
Words using 柱
- 電柱 (でんちゅう) utility pole
- 支柱 (しちゅう) prop
- 円柱 (えんちゅう) column
- 柱頭 (ちゅうとう) capital (of a column)
- 花柱 (かちゅう) (flower's) style
- 柱 (はしら) pillar
- 掘立柱 (ほったてばしら) pillar sunk into the ground
- 大黒柱 (だいこくばしら) central pillar (of a building)
- 人柱 (ひとばしら) person who died for a cause
- 茶柱 (ちゃばしら) upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
- 琴柱 (ことじ) bridge of a koto
- 天柱 (てんじ) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
- 柱 (じゅう) fret (of a biwa)
125 words in all.