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    3. 柱

    柱

    柱はしら

    pillar

    N2KMT8Freq #1119Home & HousingKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    はしら

    On'yomi

    チュウ

    pillarpostcylindersupport

    木主

    木
    丶
    王

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    栓枉柝椢桟框往注主栓栂朮枉柝框椢

    Concepts using this kanji

    柱

    pillar

    支柱

    prop

    大黒柱

    central pillar (of a building)

    電柱

    utility pole

    円柱

    column

    四本柱

    four posts that used to support the roof over the ring

    中心柱

    stele

    人柱

    human pillar

    中柱

    middle pillar

    内柱

    endostyle

    円柱レンズ

    cylindrical lens

    円柱状

    column shape

    三柱の神

    the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)

    柱体

    cylinder

    小柱

    trough shell adductor muscle

    主柱

    central pillar

    心の柱

    central pillar of a pagoda

    心柱

    central pillar of a pagoda

    柱時計

    wall clock

    気柱

    air column (e.g. in a wind instrument)

    直円柱

    right cylinder

    水柱

    column of water

    仕手柱

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

    三柱門

    wicket (e.g. in cricket)

    円柱形

    column shape

    国家の柱石

    pillar of state

    目付柱

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

    柱状

    shape of a pillar or column

    間柱

    stud

    柱間

    bay (space or distance between two pillars)

    柱石

    pillar

    石柱

    stone pillar

    支柱語

    prop word

    係柱

    bollard

    電信柱

    telephone pole

    柱書

    introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.

    天柱

    pillars supporting heaven

    三角柱

    triangular prism

    水銀柱

    column of mercury

    五角柱

    pentagonal prism

    来迎柱

    round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais

    海食柱

    stack

    四柱推命

    Four Pillar astrology

    八角柱

    octagonal prism

    四角柱

    quadrangular prism

    六角柱

    hexagonal prism

    残柱

    pillar

    柱面

    cylindrical surface

    花柱

    (flower's) style

    係船柱

    bollard

    アショーカ王柱

    pillars of Ashoka

    大臣柱

    downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)

    親柱

    main pillar

    円柱座標

    cylindrical coordinates

    茶柱が立つ

    a tea stalk floats upright in one's cup (considered a sign of good luck)

    橋柱

    bridge pillar

    柱上変圧器

    distribution transformer

    馬柱

    posted guide with information about each horse (name, pedigree, past performance, etc.)

    柱頭

    capital (of a column)

    角柱形

    prismatic shape

    火柱

    pillar of fire

    束柱

    short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge

    三柱鳥居

    triangular three-pillar torii

    列柱

    colonnade

    掘立柱

    pillar sunk into the ground

    角柱

    prism

    太陽柱

    sun pillar

    継柱

    spliced pole (building, electrical)

    標柱

    marker

    緑柱石

    beryl

    天の御柱

    Ama no Mihashira

    紅柱石

    andalusite

    掘立柱建物

    post in ground (construction)

    円柱尿

    cylindruria

    肉柱

    adductor muscle (of a bivalve)

    巻柱

    gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi

    茶柱

    upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

    床柱

    alcove post

    十柱戯

    tenpin bowling

    九柱戯

    nine pins

    方尖柱

    obelisk

    柱穴

    posthole (archaeology)

    御柱

    Onbashira Festival

    鼻っ柱が強い

    hard-nosed

    鼻っ柱の強い

    hard-nosed

    炭柱

    coal pillar

    帆柱ケーブル線

    Hobashira Cable Line

    柱礎

    plinth

    鉱柱

    rib

    斜角柱

    oblique prism

    琴柱

    bridge of a koto

    柱廊

    pillared corridor

    隅柱

    corner post

    貝柱

    adductor muscle

    鼻っ柱をへし折る

    to take someone down a peg

    帆柱

    mast

    鼻っ柱

    aggressiveness

    鼻柱

    septum

    脊柱側湾症

    scoliosis

    脊柱管

    spinal canal

    柱暦

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

    脇柱

    downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself

    魂柱

    sound post (e.g. of a violin)

    袖柱

    small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

    杖とも柱とも頼む

    to count on someone as the only support

    笛柱

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

    鷹柱

    group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration)

    蚊柱

    mosquito swarm

    門柱

    gatepost

    杖柱

    person upon whom one relies

    脊柱

    spinal column

    霜柱

    frost columns

    脊柱前弯症

    lordosis

    粥柱

    mochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)

    脊柱後弯症

    kyphosis

    氷柱

    icicle

    鉄柱

    iron pole

    磔柱

    cross (used in a crucifixion)

    脊柱管狭窄症

    spinal canal stenosis

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    • 丶
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    • 王

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    • 円柱
    • 火柱
    • 蚊柱
    • 貝柱
    • 巻柱
    • 魂柱
    • 支柱
    • 斜角柱
    • 人柱
    • 水銀柱
    • 水柱
    • 霜柱
    • 大黒柱
    • 茶柱
    • 中柱
    • 柱
    • 柱時計
    • 柱石
    • 柱頭
    • 天柱
    • 電柱
    • 帆柱
    • 鼻っ柱
    • 鼻柱
    • 氷柱
    • 直円柱
    • 柱面
    • 門柱
    • 石柱
    • 琴柱
    • 柱状
    • 束柱
    • 親柱
    • 電信柱
    • 四角柱
    • 鉄柱
    • 脊柱
    • 杖柱
    • 床柱
    • 花柱
    • 三角柱
    • 緑柱石
    • 角柱
    • 鉱柱
    • 国家の柱石
    • 残柱
    • 炭柱
    • 柱礎
    • 三柱の神
    • 柱廊
    • 四本柱
    • 四柱推命
    • 九柱戯
    • 袖柱
    • 心柱
    • 杖とも柱とも頼む
    • 方尖柱
    • 五角柱
    • 六角柱
    • 八角柱
    • 肉柱
    • 柱間
    • 円柱座標
    • 天の御柱
    • 鷹柱
    • 柱体
    • 脊柱側湾症
    • 脊柱後弯症
    • 脊柱前弯症
    • 円柱尿
    • 磔柱
    • 三柱門
    • 掘立柱
    • 太陽柱
    • 柱暦
    • 主柱
    • 柱書
    • 隅柱
    • 間柱
    • 仕手柱
    • 笛柱
    • 目付柱
    • 脇柱
    • 大臣柱
    • 脊柱管
    • 脊柱管狭窄症
    • 来迎柱
    • 内柱
    • 角柱形
    • 三柱鳥居
    • 粥柱
    • 紅柱石
    • 小柱
    • 円柱形
    • 円柱状
    • 茶柱が立つ
    • 御柱
    • 心の柱
    • 鼻っ柱が強い
    • 鼻っ柱をへし折る
    • 鼻っ柱の強い
    • 十柱戯
    • 柱穴
    • 標柱
    • 係柱
    • 継柱
    • 円柱レンズ
    • 柱上変圧器
    • 橋柱
    • 列柱
    • 支柱語
    • 海食柱
    • 係船柱
    • 馬柱
    • 掘立柱建物
    • 気柱
    • 中心柱
    • 帆柱ケーブル線
    • アショーカ王柱

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