Chinese symbol for “hub”
枢纽
shū niǔ
Traditional: 樞紐
hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hub is 枢纽 (shū niǔ), defined as: hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hub”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集线器 (集線器) | jí xiàn qì | hub (network) |
| 中枢 (中樞) | zhōng shū | center; hub; the central administration |
| 花鼓 | huā gǔ | flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum; folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze |
| 拓展坞 (拓展塢) | tuò zhǎn wù | (computing) hub; dock |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枢纽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 纽带 (紐帶) | niǔ dài | tie; link |
| 纽扣 (紐扣) | niǔ kòu | button |
| 纽卡素 (紐卡素) | niǔ kǎ sù | Newcastle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hub”.
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.