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Chinese
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hinge; pivot
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machine; opportunity; secret
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| trad. (樞機)
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樞
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機
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| simp. (枢机)
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枢
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机
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| Literally: “pivot and mechanism”.
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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樞
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機
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shū
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jī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyhu ›
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‹ kjɨj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*t.qʰ(r)o/
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/*kəj/
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| English
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pivot
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mechanism
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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樞
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機
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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10604
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5788
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Phonetic
component
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區
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幾
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Rime
group
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侯
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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樞
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機
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰjo/
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/*kɯl/
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Noun
樞機
- (figurative) crucial element
- key government post; vital public office
- (Christianity) cardinal
Derived terms
Descendants