心柱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	柱
しん Grade: 2	はしら > ばしら Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
真柱

Etymology

心(しん) (shin, “heart; centre”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんばしら [shìńbáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

心(しん)柱(ばしら) • (shinbashira) 

1. the central pillar at the core of a Japanese pagoda