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樞機

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See also: 枢机

hinge; pivot machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (樞機)
simp. (枢机)
Literally: “pivot and mechanism”.


BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhu › ‹ kjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.qʰ(r)o/ /*kəj/
English pivot mechanism

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10604 5788
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰjo/ /*kɯl/

樞機

  1. (figurative) crucial element
  2. key government post; vital public office
  3. (Christianity) cardinal