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柱

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pillar; CL:根[gen1]

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How 柱 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “tree”) + 主 (phonetic, zhǔ)

components: 木 主

How to remember it

pillar · Heisig RSH #1610

木 tree + candlestick

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 主

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 主 (zhǔ) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
主 sound component zhǔ to own; to host; master; host; lord
注 zhù to concentrate, to focus
驻 zhù stable; station, garrison
蛀 zhù termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
拄 zhǔ post; to lean on; to prod, to ridicule
麈 zhǔ a species of deer

Words containing 柱

WordPinyinMeaning
石柱土家族自治县 Shí zhù Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
三角柱体 sān jiǎo zhù tǐ triangular prism (math.)
四角柱体 sì jiǎo zhù tǐ cuboid; rectangular prism (math.)
太阳光柱 tài yáng guāng zhù solar pillar; sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
天柱县 Tiān zhù Xiàn Tianzhu, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州…
石柱县 Shí zhù xiàn Shizhu Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
三柱门 sān zhù mén (sports) (cricket) wicket (set of stumps and bails)
角柱体 jiǎo zhù tǐ prism (math.)
维管柱 wéi guǎn zhù vascular column
精神支柱 jīng shén zhī zhù moral pillars; spiritual props
支柱产业 zhī zhù chǎn yè mainstay industry
柱子 zhù zi pillar; CL:根[gen1]
水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
柱头 zhù tóu (architecture) capital; column head; (botany) stigma
天柱 Tiān zhù see 天柱縣|天柱县[Tian1 zhu4 Xian4]
天柱 tiān zhù pillars supporting heaven
花柱 huā zhù style (female organ of flower)
毫米水银柱 háo mǐ shuǐ yín zhù millibar (unit of pressure)
柱体 zhù tǐ cylinder; prism (math.)
圆柱体 yuán zhù tǐ cylinder (geometry)