枢

See also: 樞

枢 U+67A2, 枢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67A2 ← 枡 [U+67A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 枣 → [U+67A3]

Translingual

Han character

枢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木尸大 (DSK), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木区)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 517, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14577
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1166, character 3
• Unihan data for U+67A2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 樞 (區 → 区).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 枢 – see 樞 (“door hinge; pivot; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 樞).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	枢
Kyūjitai	樞

Kanji

枢

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樞)

1. door hinge
2. pivot
3. center of power

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū, Jōyō)
• Kun: くる (kuru, 枢)、くるる (kururu, 枢)、くろろ (kuroro, 枢)、とぼそ (toboso, 枢)、とまら (tomara, 枢)、からくり (karakuri, 枢)

References

• “^△枢”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026