Kanji Details:
- 柱
- Frequency:1119
- Kun: はしら
- On: チュウ
- Meaning: pillar, post, cylinder, support
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 柱 はしら pillar, post; support, prop, mainstay; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc. 支柱 しちゅう prop, brace, fulcrum 大黒柱 だいこくばしら central pillar, mainstay 電柱 でんちゅう telephone pole, telegraph pole, lightpole 円柱 えんちゅう, まるばしら column, shaft, cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings) 柱 ちゅう, じ bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder, prism 柱 じゅう fret (of a biwa) 火柱 ひばしら pillar of fire, blazing column 氷柱 ひょうちゅう, つらら icicle; ice pillar; ice 門柱 もんちゅう gatepost, pier