Memory phrase for the character: 柱

柱

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Meaning

pillar, pole, column

Pronunciation

CHŪ
hashira

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)

Mnemonic
 
The tree feels like a "master", if it serves as a pillar. (... but is opposed 反 to becoming a board 板)

Radicals

木 tree
主 master




 Vocabulary

柱 はしら  counter for buddhas, post, support
電柱 でんちゅう  telephone pole, telegraph pole, lightpole
支柱 しちゅう  support structure
脊柱 せきちゅう  spinal column
柱面 ちゅうめん  cylindrical surface

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