柱zhù
to lean on; pillar, post, support. 9 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zhùStrokes 9Radical 木Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 柱
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–9 write 主.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 柱 · the stroke-order rules
What 柱 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 主 (zhǔ, to own).
木 carries the meaning — tree — and 主 carries the sound.
Words that use 柱
| 柱子 | pillar, column 指支撑房屋的直立构件 新建的住宅门口立着两根柱子。Two pillars stand at the door of the new block. Lesson 693, 新宅立柱 · 洞明经世与乐居安邦 · Clarity of Vision & Harmonious Living |
Characters that share the sound part 主
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.