柱 in English

Measure word

• 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested

How it used to be written

• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 5 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 他的頭撞到了一根柱子。

  He bumped his head against a post.

• 巨大的柱子遮住了视线，让人看不到湖。

  A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.

All example sentences with 柱