柱

Translingual

Han character

柱 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木卜土 (DYG), four-corner 4091₄, composition ⿰木主)

1. pillar, post
2. support
3. lean on

References

• KangXi: page 520, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14660
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1188, character 1
• Unihan data for U+67F1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

柱 (jyutping cyu5, Yale chyu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

柱 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: はしら (hashira), ことじ (kotoji), ささえる (sasaeru)

Noun

柱 (hiragana はしら, romaji hashira)

1. pillar

Counter

柱 (hiragana はしら, romaji hashira)

1. gods, spirits, worshipped entity.
2. spirit tablets, cremation remains.

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Korean

Hanja

柱 (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

柱 (pinyin zhù (zhu4), Wade-Giles chu⁴)

Compounds

• 柱子 (column, pillar)

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Vietnamese

Han character

柱 (trụ)