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柱 : Pillar

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Components:
木主

pillar, post, cylinder, support

On 'yomi:
チュウ(chuu)
Kun 'yomi:
はしら(hashira)
Strokes:9
Radical:木 (75)
Usage Rating:1119
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:3
Unicode:067f1
jis208:35-76
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柱 Usage examples

角柱(かくばしら)bamboo
鉱柱(こうちゅう)rib, pillar
国家の柱石(こっかのちゅうせき)pillar of state
残柱(ざんちゅう)pillar
炭柱(たんちゅう)coal pillar
柱礎(ちゅうそ)plinth
三柱の神(みはしらのかみ)the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto, three precious children
柱廊(ちゅうろう)pillared corridor
四本柱(しほんばしら)four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
四柱推命(しちゅうすいめい)Four Pillar astrology
九柱戯(きゅうちゅうぎ)nine pins, skittles
袖柱(そでばしら)small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
心柱(しんばしら)
真柱(しんばしら)		leader of the Tenri religion
杖とも柱とも頼む(つえともはしらともたのむ)to count on someone as the only support
方尖柱(ほうせんちゅう)obelisk