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柱 = 木 + 主

柱 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pillar”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 主 (lord). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 286.

Keyword
pillar
RTK frame
286
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はしら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
столб
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
柱 pillar

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 主 lord

How to find 柱 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “lord”. 柱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 柱 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.