# 柱 pillar

木 (tree) + 主 (master/mainly)
★☆☆☆☆
9 strokes

## Onyomi

CHUU |

## Mnemonic

| The master is standing next to a wooden pillar and CHEWing on it. (FYI there has been inbreeding in the master's family)

## Kunyomi

はしら | pillar ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

電柱(でんちゅう) | telephone pole ☆☆☆☆☆ NEO 電 (electricity) + 柱 (pillar) = 電柱 (telephone pole) telephone pole. Although, since in Japan all the telephone poles double as light poles (街灯) AND are festooned with every other imaginable cable to boot, I have no idea which word people use!