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枢
樞
shū
1.
hinge
2.
pivot
Common • Top 8%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (15)
中枢
zhōngshū
center
天枢
Tiānshū
alpha Ursae Majoris
枢垣
shūyuán
censorate
枢机
shūjī
cardinal (Catholicism)
枢纽
shūniǔ
hub (e.g. of traffic network)
枢轴
shūzhóu
pivot
要枢
yàoshū
important traffic hub
天枢星
tiānshūxīng
alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
枢密院
shūmìyuàn
privy council
灵枢经
Língshūjīng
the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text
交通枢纽
jiāotōngshūniǔ
traffic hub
户枢不蠹
hùshūbùdù
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
枢机主教
shūjīzhǔjiào
cardinal (of Catholic church)
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)
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- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,615
- Word Frequency Rank
- 6,807 of 84,292