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枢

hinge
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingスウ、シュ
Kun readingとぼそ、からくり
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hingeRtK
    東京は今や世界経済の中枢だ。Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.tatoeba
    私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?tatoeba
  2. pivot
  3. door
  4. center of things
  1. pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
  2. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · ward · box (口) · sheaf

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1832

Compound words

枢軸すうじく
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
中枢ちゅうすう
centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus
枢機すうき
important point
枢密すうみつ
state secrets
枢要すうよう
(most) important
枢機卿すうききょう
cardinal (Catholic Church)
枢軸国すうじくこく
Axis powers (World War II)
中枢性ちゅうすうせい
central (nervous system)
中枢神経ちゅうすうしんけい
central nerves
嘔吐中枢おうとちゅうすう
vomiting center
中枢神経系統ちゅうすうしんけいけいとう
central nervous system

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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