枢軸

枢軸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枢	軸
すう Grade: S	じく Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 樞軸

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) すうじく [sùújíkú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝːʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

枢軸 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 樞軸, hiragana すうじく, rōmaji sūjiku, historical hiragana すうぢく)

1. centre, core, heart
2. political centre

Derived terms

• 枢軸国 (すうじくこく) (sūjikukoku, “Axis powers”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN