spinal column; columna vertebralis

pillar; CL:根[gen1]

Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]

stela; upright stone; obelisk

light beam; light pillar (atmospheric optics)

icicle

pillar; mainstay; star performer

column; cylinder

see 天柱縣|天柱县[Tian1 zhu4 Xian4]

pillars supporting heaven

pillar of a vault

distance marker; pole marking distance on racetrack

nuclear column

prism

stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water

column of flame

lamppost

see 乾貝|干贝[gan1 bei4]

style (female organ of flower)

the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops

main supporting pillar

iron pillar; iron rod

doorpost

(seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell

Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician

vascular column

pillar; backbone

mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength

lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

solar pillar; sun pillar (atmospheric optics)

millimeter of mercury; mmHg (unit of pressure)

moral pillars; spiritual props

millibar (unit of pressure)

lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities