Kanji1 / 8
枢 kanji
hinge, pivot, door, center of things
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
スウシュ
Kun readings
とぼそからくり
Variant forms
樞Words with 枢
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1中枢Popularcentre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; hub; backbone; central figure; pillar; key person; central nervous system
- —枢軸Popularaxle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
- —枢機important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters
- —枢密state secrets
- —枢要(most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal
- —枢機卿cardinal (Catholic Church)
- —中枢性central (nervous system)
- —枢軸国Axis powers (World War II)
- —枢密院Privy Council (abolished in 1947)
- —中枢神経central nerves
- —言語中枢language center (brain); language centre
- —神経中枢nerve centre; nerve center
- —呼吸中枢respiratory center; respiratory centre
- —悪の枢軸Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
- —権力中枢centre of (political) power
- —嘔吐中枢vomiting center; area postrema; part of the brain that controls vomiting
- —聴覚中枢auditory center (of the brain); auditory centre
- —満腹中枢satiety center (of the brain)
- —食欲中枢appetite center (of the brain)
- —摂食中枢feeding center (of the brain)