pillar, post, cylinder, support

Radicals

Common words

• 支柱【しちゅう】
  prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum
• 大黒柱【だいこくばしら】
  central pillar (of a building), mainstay (e.g. of an economy), backbone (e.g. of a family), provider, main man
• 円柱【えんちゅう】
  column, shaft, cylinder, round pillar (esp. in buildings)