Moto 柱: Pillar; Post; CylinderKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チュウ
- Kun'yomi
- はしら
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 119 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チュウ)
- 支柱しちゅうprop; stay
- 電柱でんちゅうutility pole; power pole
- 円柱えんちゅうcolumn; shaft
- 氷柱ひょうちゅうicicle
- 鉄柱てっちゅうiron pole
- 門柱もんちゅうgatepost; pier
- 三角柱さんかくちゅうtriangular prism
- 主柱しゅちゅうcentral pillar
- 九柱戯きゅうちゅうぎnine pins; skittles
- 五角柱ごかくちゅうpentagonal prism
- 係柱けいちゅうbitt; bollard
- 八角柱はっかくちゅうoctagonal prism
- 六角柱ろっかくちゅうhexagonal prism
- 内柱ないちゅうendostyle
- 円柱レンズえんちゅうレンズcylindrical lens
- 円柱座標えんちゅうざひょうcylindrical coordinates
- 円柱形えんちゅうけいcolumn shape; cylinder
- 円柱状えんちゅうじょうcolumn shape; cylinder
- 十柱戯じっちゅうぎtenpin bowling
- 四柱推命しちゅうすいめいFour Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
- 四角柱しかくちゅうquadrangular prism
- 国家の柱石こっかのちゅうせきpillar of state
- 天柱てんちゅうpillars supporting heaven
- 太陽柱たいようちゅうsun pillar; solar pillar
- 斜角柱しゃかくちゅうoblique prism
- 方尖柱ほうせんちゅうobelisk
- 柱上変圧器ちゅうじょうへんあつきdistribution transformer; service transformer
- 柱体ちゅうたいcylinder; prism
- 柱廊ちゅうろうpillared corridor
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 柱はしらpillar; post
- 大黒柱だいこくばしらcentral pillar (of a building)
- 火柱ひばしらpillar of fire; blazing column
- 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
- 三柱門みはしらもんwicket (e.g. in cricket); castle
- 中柱なかばしらmiddle pillar
- 人柱ひとばしらhuman pillar; human sacrifice
- 仕手柱してばしらupstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
- 四本柱しほんばしらfour posts that used to support the roof over the ring
- 大臣柱だいじんばしらdownstage left pillar (on a noh stage)
- 天の御柱あまのみはしらAma no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed
- 小柱こばしらtrough shell adductor muscle; columella
- 巻柱まきばしらgold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi
- 帆柱ほばしらmast
- 床柱とこばしらalcove post
- 御柱おんばしらOnbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
- 心の柱しんのはしらcentral pillar of a pagoda
- 心柱しんばしらcentral pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira
- 掘っ建て柱ほったてばしらpillar sunk into the ground
- 掘っ立て柱ほったてばしらpillar sunk into the ground
- 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
- 杖柱つえはしらperson upon whom one relies
- 束柱つかばしらshort pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
- 柱暦はしらごよみsmall calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall
- 柱書はしらがきintroductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau
Other readings
- シテ柱してばしらupstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
- 三柱鳥居みつばしらとりいtriangular three-pillar torii
- 丸柱えんちゅうcolumn; shaft
- 円柱尿えんちょうにょうcylindruria
- 来迎柱らいごうばしらround pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais
- 柱時計はしらどけいwall clock; grandfather clock
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