158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
98 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
7631 | Morohashi |
1403 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尹 【イン】 director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか
- Korean:
- yun
Spanish
Portuguese
French
0a4.44 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
1750.7 | Four corner code |
1-53-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c39 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
- 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
- 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE
Kun reading compounds
- 東 【ひがし】 east
- 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- Este
Portuguese
- Oriente
French
- Est
121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
201 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
184 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
11 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
27 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
63 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
771 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
71 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
71 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
39 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1053 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4385 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2987 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14499 | Morohashi |
3568 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2596 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
108 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
164 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1564 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-8-3 | SKIP code |
5090.6 | Four corner code |
1-37-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6771 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柱 【チュウ】 bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism
- 柱穴 【チュウケツ】 posthole (archaeology)
- 支柱 【シチュウ】 prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum
- 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
Kun reading compounds
- 柱 【はしら】 pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
- 柱穴 【ちゅうけつ】 posthole (archaeology)
- 杖柱 【つえはしら】 person upon whom one relies
- 心の柱 【しんのはしら】 central pillar of a pagoda
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- pilar
- columna
- poste
Portuguese
- pilar
- poste
- cilindro
- apoio
French
- poteau
- cylindre
- support
278 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
366 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
345 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1385 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2236 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
826 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
629 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
854 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
598 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
608 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
990 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1084 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1109 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
603 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
797 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
274 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14660 | Morohashi |
896 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2631 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
268 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
286 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
338 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1872 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
4091.4 | Four corner code |
1-35-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
67f1 | Unicode hex code |