Keyword
hinge
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1832
Old form
Readings
すう
(90%)
くる
(1%)
Composed of
tree
district
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
cardinal (Catholic church)
pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame); sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
Privy Council (abolished in 1947)
(most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal
important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters
state secrets
language center (brain); language centre
Axis powers (World War II)
sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
nerve centre; nerve center
centre of (political) power
respiratory center; respiratory centre
vomiting center; area postrema; part of the brain that controls vomiting
extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)
cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge; (arch.) door
door (with a pivot hinge)
central (nervous system)
auditory center (of the brain); auditory centre
Examples (1 in total)
Tokyo is now a center of the world economy.