| 枢 | [ shū ] hinge, pivot |
| 枢垣 | [ shū yuán ] censorate |
| 枢密院 | [ shū mì yuàn ] privy council |
| 枢机 | [ shū jī ] cardinal (Catholicism) |
| 枢机主教 | [ shū jī zhǔ ] cardinal (of the Catholic Church) |
| 枢纽 | [ shū niǔ ] hub (e.g. of traffic network), hinge, pivot, fulcrum |
| 枢轴 | [ shū zhoú ] pivot, fulcrum |
| ⇒ 中枢 | [ zhōng shū ] center, backbone, hub (e.g. of transport network), the central administration |
| ⇒ 中枢神经系统 | [ zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng ] central nervous system, CNS |
| ⇒ 交通枢纽 | [ tōng shū niǔ ] traffic hub |
| ⇒ 天枢 | [ tiān shū ] alpha Ursae Majoris |
| ⇒ 天枢星 | [ tiān shū xīng ] alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| ⇒ 户枢不蠹 | [ hù shū bù dù ] lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten, constant activity prevents decay (idiom) |
| ⇒ 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 | [ liú shuǐ bù fǔ hù shū bù dù ] lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom), fig. constant activity prevents decay |
| ⇒ 要枢 | [ yaò shū ] important traffic hub, key crossroad |
| ⇒ 灵枢经 | [ líng shū jīng ] the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text |