樞 meaning and stroke order
Door hinge; pivot; center of power
How to write 樞, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 樞
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
How 樞 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Tree.
木 gives the meaning and 區 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 樞
樞 combines 木 (wood) on the left with 區 on the right, which gives the sound. Picture the wooden part of an old door that everything turns on: the hinge, and by extension the pivot or center.
樞 (shū) is a bound form, so it appears inside words rather than alone, usually in a figurative sense of a key center. Common words are 樞紐 (shūniǔ, hub) and 中樞 (zhōngshū, center; central administration). Example: 這座城市是交通樞紐。(Zhè zuò chéngshì shì jiāotōng shūniǔ.) This city is a transportation hub.
Common mistake: Learners often read the phonetic 區 as qū and say qū for 樞, but the correct reading is shū with a first tone. Also do not confuse it with 摳 (kōu, to dig out), which has the hand radical 扌 instead of 木.
Common words with 樞
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 樞紐 | shūniǔ | hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge | HSK 7-9 |
| 中樞 | zhōngshū | center; hub; the central administration |
Questions about 樞
How many strokes are in 樞?
樞 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 樞 mean?
樞 (shū) means door hinge; pivot; center of power. A common word with it is 枢纽 (shūniǔ), meaning "hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge".
How do you pronounce 樞?
樞 is pronounced shū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 樞?
The radical of 樞 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 樞 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 樞?
樞 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 枢, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Can I use 樞 by itself to mean a door hinge?
Not in modern Chinese. The everyday word for a door hinge is 合頁 (héyè) or 鉸鏈 (jiǎoliàn), while 樞 survives mainly in words like 樞紐 and 中樞.
What does 中樞神經 mean?
中樞神經 (zhōngshū shénjīng) means the central nervous system. Here 中樞 keeps its sense of a central control point.