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柱
JLPT N2 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #1119

Meanings

Pillar, Post, Cylinder, Support

Radicals

朚

Decomposition

âż°æœšäž»

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 dot right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 vertical right-to-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ăƒăƒ„ă‚Š chuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
はしら hashira

Words Using This Kanji

108 words total
Other (20 words)
ć††æŸ±ć°ż ăˆă‚“ăĄă‚…ă†ă«ă‚‡ă†

cylindruria

䞉柱門 みはしらもん

wicket (e.g. in cricket)

掘立柱 ă»ăŁăŸăŠă°ă—ă‚‰

pillar sunk into the ground

ć€Ș陜柱 たいようちゅう

sun pillar

柱暊 はしらごよみ

small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall

䞻柱 しゅちゅう

central pillar

柱曞 はしらがき

introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.

隅柱 すみばしら

corner post

間柱 ăŸă°ă—ă‚‰

stud

çŹ›æŸ± ă”ăˆă°ă—ă‚‰

upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

ć€§è‡ŁæŸ± だいじんばしら

downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)

ç›źä»˜æŸ± め぀けばしら

downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

仕手柱 しどばしら

upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play

æ„èżŽæŸ± らいごうばしら

round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais

ć†…æŸ± ăȘいちゅう

endostyle

è§’æŸ±ćœą かくちゅうけい

prismatic shape

äž‰æŸ±éł„ć±… み぀ばしらずりい

triangular three-pillar torii

çŽ…æŸ±çŸł こうちゅうせき

andalusite

ć°æŸ± こばしら

trough shell adductor muscle

ć††æŸ±ćœą えんちゅうけい

column shape