柱 (zhù) — pillar, column, post; cylinder (geometry)
Definition
noun
pillarcolumnpostcylinder (geometry)
Measure word · 根
Easily confused
- 拄zhǔlook-aliketo lean on (with a walking stick or cane); to prop on
- 祝zhùsound-aliketo wish (someone something good)
- 住zhùlook-aliketo live; to stay; to reside
- 注zhùsound-alike(verb) to pour into, to inject, to infuse
- 蛀zhùlook-aliketo eat into / bore into (of insects, worms, etc.)
- 助zhùsound-aliketo help, to assist, to aid
Examples
- 。Zhè zuò dà diàn yóu shí èr gēn jù dà de shí zhù zhī chēng.This great hall is supported by twelve huge stone pillars.
- 。Zhè gēn zhù zi zhī chēng zhe zhěng gè wū dǐng.This pillar supports the entire roof.
- 。Yuán zhù tǐ de tǐ jī gōng shì shì dǐ miàn jī chéng yǐ gāo.The volume formula for a cylinder is base area times height.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left part 木 shows that 柱 is connected with wood. The right part 主 gives the pronunciation.
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