懂中文 Dong Chinese

樞

shū

door hinge

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

區 sound component

區  Sound component

qū, oū

  

area

Evolution

樞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
樞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

枢 (樞) 

shū

door hinge; pivot; center of power; hinge

Most common words with 樞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

中枢

center

枢纽

hinge

枢

hinge

枢密院

privy council

枢机

cardinal (Catholicism)