心柱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心 柱
しん
Grade: 2 		はしら > ばしら
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
真柱

Etymology

心(しん) (shin, “heart; centre”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しんばしら [shìńbáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩmba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

心(しん)柱(ばしら) • (shinbashira) 

  1. the central pillar at the core of a Japanese pagoda
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