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CHINESE CHARACTER
shū
枢
枢
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pivot; hub
- Numbered pinyin
- shu1
- English meanings
- pivot; hub; center; vital part
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book
uncle
villa
be
forgive; pardon
express; pour out
several
number; count
summer heat
dawn
book; write
skill; art; method
bunch
wood
a comb
different; special
virtuous
ripe
sparse; dredge; neglect
vertical
office; sign; arrange
comfortable; stretch
vegetables
potato; yam
to redeem
lose
narrate; state
rat
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