Chinese symbol for “hinge”
枢
shū
Traditional: 樞
(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hinge is 枢 (shū), defined as: (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hinge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铰链 (鉸鏈) | jiǎo liàn | hinge |
| 合页 (合頁) | hé yè | hinge |
| 合叶 (合葉) | hé yè | hinge |
| 枢纽 (樞紐) | shū niǔ | hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge |
| 蝴蝶铰 (蝴蝶鉸) | hú dié jiǎo | hinge |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hinge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.