The kanji 柱: meaning, readings and stroke order
柱
- Meaning
- pillar, post
- On reading
- チュウ chuu
- Kun reading
- はしら hashira
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cây cột (trụ)
- Japanese
- はしら。
- Korean
- 기둥 (주)
- Chinese
- 柱子
Readings, words and example sentences
チュウ chuu · on reading
電柱
utility pole
電柱の 上に 鳥が います。
There is a bird on top of the utility pole.
はしら hashira · kun reading
柱
pillar, post
家の 柱は 太い 木です。
The posts of the house are made of thick wood.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.