The kanji 枢: meaning, readings and stroke order

枢

Meaning: key point, hinge
On reading: スウ suu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 樞

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: then chốt, trục cửa (khu)
Japanese: いちばんだいじなところ。とびらのじく。
Korean: 핵심, 지도리 (추)
Chinese: 中枢、枢纽

Readings, words and example sentences

スウ suu · on reading · less common

中ちゅう枢すう
center, core (that controls)
脳は体の 中ちゅう枢すうです。
The brain is the control center of the body.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.