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KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学8 strokesRadical 木

枢 · hinge, pivot

枢 is a kanji meaning hinge, pivot, door, center of things. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • スウsū
  • シュshu

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • とぼそtoboso
  • からくりkarakuri

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 枢 · 1 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 枢
WordReadingMeaningLevel
中枢ちゅうすうcenter, mainstay, nucleusN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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