Usage of the character 枢
shū
枢
[樞]
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
shūzhóu
枢轴
[樞軸]
- pivot; fulcrum
zhōngshū
中枢
[中樞]
- center; hub
- the central administration
Tiānshū
天枢
[天樞]
- alpha Ursae Majoris
shūyuán
枢垣
[樞垣]
- censorate
shūjī
枢机
[樞機]
- cardinal (Catholicism)
shūniǔ
枢纽
[樞紐]
- hub (e.g. of traffic network)
- hinge
- pivot
- fulcrum
yàoshū
要枢
[要樞]
- important hub; key position
shūmìyuàn
枢密院
[樞密院]
- privy council
Língshūjīng
灵枢经
[靈樞經]
- Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC)
tiānshūxīng
天枢星
[天樞星]
- alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
jiāotōngshūniǔ
交通枢纽
[交通樞紐]
- traffic hub
shūjīzhǔjiào
枢机主教
[樞機主教]
- cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
hùshūbùdù
户枢不蠹
[戶樞不蠹]
- lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
- constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
zhōngshūshénjīngxìtǒng
中枢神经系统
[中樞神經系統]
- central nervous system, CNS
liúshuǐbùfǔ,hùshūbùdù
流水不腐，户枢不蠹
[流水不腐，戶樞不蠹]
- lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
- fig. constant activity prevents decay