Kanji1 / 9
柱 kanji
pillar, post, cylinder, support
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
チュウ
Kun readings
はしら
Words with 柱
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2電柱Popularutility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
- —円柱Popularcolumn; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
- —支柱Popularprop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
- —柱bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
- —柱fret (of a biwa)
- —魂柱sound post (e.g. of a violin)
- —柱石pillar; cornerstone
- —柱頭capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
- —天柱pillars supporting heaven
- —氷柱icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); ice
- —柱面cylindrical surface
- —門柱gatepost; pier
- —石柱stone pillar
- —柱状shape of a pillar or column
- —脊柱spinal column; vertebral column; spine
- —鉄柱iron pole
- —花柱(flower's) style
- —角柱prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
- —鉱柱rib; pillar
- —残柱pillar