枢 (樞) shū

  1. shū noun a hinge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in a door hinge (ABC 'shū' 枢 bf, p. 863; Guoyu '樞' n 1; Kroll 2015 '樞' 1, p. 421; Unihan '樞')
  2. shū noun an axis; a pivot; a crux
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Either physical or conceptual, such as an asix of power (Guoyu '樞' n 2; Kroll 2015 '樞' 2, p. 421; Unihan '樞')
  3. shū proper noun Shu
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Constellation 星座
    Notes: In classical Chinese astronomy (Guoyu '樞' n 3)

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