pillar, post, cylinder, support

Radicals

• 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
• 電柱【でんちゅう】
  utility pole, power pole, telephone pole, telegraph pole
• 円柱【えんちゅう】
  column, shaft, cylinder, round pillar (esp. in buildings)
• 火柱【ひばしら】
  pillar of fire, blazing column
• 氷柱【つらら】
  icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
• 門柱【もんちゅう】
  gatepost, pier
• 鉄柱【てっちゅう】
  iron pole
• 柱【はしら】
  pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
• 柱【じゅう】
  fret (of a biwa)
• 柱【ちゅう】
  bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism