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枢
樞
shū
1.
hinge
2.
pivot
Common • Top 8%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (15)
要枢
yàoshū
important traffic hub
枢机
shūjī
cardinal (Catholicism)
枢纽
shūniǔ
hub (e.g. of traffic network)
天枢
Tiānshū
alpha Ursae Majoris
中枢
zhōngshū
center
枢轴
shūzhóu
pivot
枢垣
shūyuán
censorate
灵枢经
Língshūjīng
the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text
天枢星
tiānshūxīng
alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
枢密院
shūmìyuàn
privy council
枢机主教
shūjīzhǔjiào
cardinal (of Catholic church)
户枢不蠹
hùshūbùdù
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
交通枢纽
jiāotōngshūniǔ
traffic hub
中枢神经系统
zhōngshūshénjīngxìtǒng
central nervous system, CNS
流水不腐，户枢不蠹
liúshuǐbùfǔ,hùshūbùdù
Flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
Metadata
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- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,615
- Word Frequency Rank
- 6,807 of 84,292