Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: pillar, post, cylinder, support

Kunyomi: はしら

Onyomi: チュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(せきちゅう)   stone pillar

(えんちゅう)   column, shaft, cylinder

(でんちゅう)   telephone pole, light-pole

(はしら)   pillar, post

時計(はしらどけい)   wall clock

大黒(だいこくばしら)   central pillar, breadwinner

Onyomi Examples

チュウ bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism

チュウケツ posthole (archaeology)

シチュウ prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum

ツララ icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

Kunyomi Examples

はしら pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

ちゅうけつ posthole (archaeology)

つえはしら person upon whom one relies

心の しんのはしら central pillar of a pagoda