Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

枢: hinge, pivot

Also: door, center of things

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 区 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

スウsuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 中枢ちゅうすうcentre; center; pivot
  • 枢軸すうじくaxle; pivot
  • 中枢神経ちゅうすうしんけいcentral nerves

Also read シュ, とぼそ, からくり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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区

Also built on ward (区)

The 区 family reads オウ (ou); 枢 is read スウ、シュ.

Also read スウ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read シュ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
枢 hinge · 区
vs枚 sheet of... · 攵
枢 has 区 where 枚 has 攵.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 樞 · shū

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 枢. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 樞.

Simplified
枢 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
樞 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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