枢
Traditional 樞
Meanings
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
Its parts
Traditional 樞 is 木 and 區.
Other characters with 区 as their sound:
驱 qū抠 kōu呕 ǒu躯 qū殴 ōu鸥 ōu沤 òu瓯 ōu
Dictionaries file it under 木.
Words with 枢
- 枢纽 hub (e.g. of traffic network)
- 中枢 center; hub
- 枢密院 privy council
- 中枢神经 central nervous system
- 神经中枢 nerve center
- 枢机 cardinal (Catholicism)
- 枢机主教 cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
- 枢轴 pivot; fulcrum
- 天枢 Dubhe; Alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- 灵枢经 Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual…
- 交通枢纽 traffic hub
- 户枢不蠹 lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten