樞機

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See also: 枢机

Chinese

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hinge; pivot machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (樞機)
simp. (枢机)
Literally: “pivot and mechanism”.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (28)
Final () (24) (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhu kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨo/ /kɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰio/ /kɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰio/ /kiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuə̆/ /kɨj/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰio/ /kiəi/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭu/ /kĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯u/ /ke̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyu1 gei1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhu › ‹ kjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.qʰ(r)o/ /*kəj/
English pivot mechanism

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10604 5788
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰjo/ /*kɯl/

Noun

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樞機

  1. (figurative) crucial element
  2. key government post; vital public office
  3. (Christianity) cardinal

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (樞機):
  • Japanese: (すう)() (sūki)
  • Korean: 추기(樞機) (chugi)