Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1791 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: hinge, pivot, door, center of things

Kunyomi: とぼそ からくり

Onyomi: スウ シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

スウジク axle, pivot, center (of power, activity), central point, the Axis (WWII alliance)

機卿 スウキキョウ cardinal (Catholic church)

神経中 シンケイチュウスウ nerve centre, nerve center

呼吸中 コキュウチュウスウ respiratory center, respiratory centre

Kunyomi Examples

とぼそ cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge, door