枢 — Chinese character
枢
shū
door hinge; pivot; center of power
- Pinyin
- shū
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 木 区
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 区
- Traditional
- 樞
- Japanese
- 枢 as a kanji
Common words with 枢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枢纽 (樞紐) | shū niǔ | hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge |
| 中枢 (中樞) | zhōng shū | center; hub; the central administration |
| 枢密院 (樞密院) | shū mì yuàn | privy council |
| 中枢神经 (中樞神經) | zhōng shū shén jīng | (anatomy) central nervous system |
| 交通枢纽 (交通樞紐) | jiāo tōng shū niǔ | traffic hub |
| 枢机主教 (樞機主教) | shū jī zhǔ jiào | cardinal (of the Catholic Church) |
| 枢机 (樞機) | shū jī | cardinal (Catholicism) |
| 神经中枢 (神經中樞) | shén jīng zhōng shū | (anatomy) nerve center |
| 枢轴 (樞軸) | shū zhóu | pivot; fulcrum |
| 户枢不蠹 (戶樞不蠹) | hù shū bù dù | lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom) |
| 枢垣 (樞垣) | shū yuán | censorate |
| 要枢 (要樞) | yào shū | important hub; key position |
English words written with 枢
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.