枢

door hinge; pivot; center of power; (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

Strokes
8
Pinyin
shū

Parts

Words with 枢

  1. 中枢zhōng shū · zhongshucenter; hub; the central administration
  2. 天枢tiān shū · tianshuDubhe; Alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
  3. 枢垣shū yuán · shuyuancensorate
  4. 枢机shū jī · shujicardinal (Catholicism)
  5. 枢纽shū niǔ · shuniuhub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot
  6. 枢轴shū zhóu · shuzhoupivot; fulcrum
  7. 要枢yào shū · yaoshuimportant hub; key position
  8. 枢密院shū mì yuàn · shumiyuanprivy council
  9. 灵枢经líng shū jīng · lingshujingLingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
  10. 中枢神经zhōng shū shén jīng · zhongshushenjing(anatomy) central nervous system
  11. 交通枢纽jiāo tōng shū niǔ · jiaotongshuniutraffic hub
  12. 户枢不蠹hù shū bù dù · hushubudulit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
  13. 枢机主教shū jī zhǔ jiào · shujizhujiaocardinal (of the Catholic Church)
  14. 神经中枢shén jīng zhōng shū · shenjingzhongshu(anatomy) nerve center
  15. 中枢神经系统zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng · zhongshushenjingxitongcentral nervous system, CNS
  16. 流水不腐,户枢不蠹liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù · liushuibufu,hushubudulit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom); fig. constant activity prevents decay

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