Kanji Detail for 枢 - "pivot, axis, hub"

枢

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

枢 means "pivot, axis, hub."
1. Pivot - A central point of rotation.
2. Hub - The center of activity.
3. Axis - The central line around which something rotates.
Words using 枢
- 中枢ちゅうすう centre; center; pivot
Tattoo check: 枢
- Verified meaning: pivot, axis, hub
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read かなめ, くるる)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 枢

Given names 枢(かなめ) 枢(くるる)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hinge; pivot; door; center of things

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

door hinge; pivot; center of power

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

door hinge; pivot; center of power
Onyomi

shu(シュ)

suu(スウ)
Kunyomi

karakuri(からくり)

toboso(とぼそ)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords

pivot hub axis big dipper core hinge center central point rotation rotates

東京は今や世界経済の中枢だ。
Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.
国家の文化とアイデンティティという枢要な問題から切り離された時点で、比較文化はその方向性を失う。
Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.
私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？
I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?