Quick answer
柱 is the kanji for "Post". It is a JLPT N2 kanji. The main reading is はしら (hashira). Stroke-order practice is available below.
Meaning
Post
Also : Pillar · Support · Cylinder
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Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Stroke Order
9 strokes
Radicals
Memory Aid
The kanji 柱 represents 'PILLAR'. Think of this shape as a picture representing the concept of pillar.
On-reading: ちゅう — remember this sound by associating it with pillar. Kun-reading: はしら.
Example Sentences
この神社の柱は、数百年前に建てられた当時のものです。
このじんじゃのはしらは、すうひゃくねんまえにたてられたとうじのものです。
The pillars of this shrine are from the time they were built hundreds of years ago.
組織の中心的な柱となる人材を育てることが経営者の課題です。
そしきのちゅうしんてきなはしらとなるじんざいをそだてることがけいえいしゃのかだいです。
Nurturing human resources who become the central pillars of the organization is a management challenge.
Vocabulary using 柱
Grammar to study at this level
- [Noun] + に伴い～に伴い (ni tomonai) - Along with / In accordance with
- [Noun] + をはじめ～をはじめ (wo hajime) - Starting with / Including
- [Noun] + に応じて～に応じて (ni oujite) - According to / In response to
- [Noun] + から + [Noun] + にかけて～にかけて (ni kakete) - From...to / In the area of
- [Noun] + に限り～に限り (ni kagiri) - Limited to / Only
Last updated Jun 17, 2026
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