枢 (hinge, pivot, door)

JLPT N1
8 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 木
#1791 most frequent

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Readings

On'yomi 音読み: スウシュ
Kun'yomi 訓読み: とぼそからくり

Example words & Vocabulary

中枢ちゅうすう

centre, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, backbone, central figure, pillar, key man

Example sentences 2

東京とうきょうは今いまや世界せかい経済けいざいの中ちゅう枢すうだ。

Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.

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?

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