ちゅう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. bridge (of a koto, etc.)
2. cylinder; prism
when read as "ちゅう"
Pitch accent
ちゅ
う
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
stone pillar
column of water; water column
gatepost; pier
pillared corridor
pillars supporting heaven
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar
adductor muscle (of a bivalve)
hexagonal prism
pillar; cornerstone
shape of a pillar or column
triangular prism
central pillar; principal post; backbone of a society or community
quadrangular prism
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
cross (used in a crucifixion)
air column (e.g. in a wind instrument)
octagonal prism
column of mercury
bollard; bitt; mooring post
sound post (e.g. of a violin)
posthole (archaeology)
stele; central cylinder
pentagonal prism
cylinder; prism
sun pillar; solar pillar
endostyle; interior column; inner pillar
distribution transformer; service transformer; pole-mounted transformer
oblique prism
cylindrical surface
stack; sea stack