Onyomi: シュ, スウ · Kunyomi: からくり, とぼそ · Meanings: center of things, door, hinge, pivot
Kanji for center of things, door, hinge, pivot
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 枢 | くるる | pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame) | Noun |
| 枢 | とぼそ | cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge | Noun |
| 枢 | とまら | extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) | Noun |
| 枢要 | すうよう | (most) important, principal, pivotal, key, cardinal | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 枢機卿 | すうききょう | cardinal (Catholic Church) | Noun |
| 枢軸 | すうじく | axle, pivot | Noun |
| 枢軸国 | すうじくこく | Axis powers (World War II) | Noun |
| 枢密院 | すうみついん | Privy Council (abolished in 1947) | Noun |
| 枢木 | くるるぎ | sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) | Noun |
| 枢戸 | くるるど | door (with a pivot hinge) | Noun |