一切經音義 14.167

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Door pivot (門樞: [the character 樞 (pivot)] is 衝 [chong] + 朱 [zhu] [shū]. The Kaosheng says: 'The place where the door leaf rotates.' Nowadays it is called the door elbow (門肘), or the turning elbow (轉肘). Older glossaries say the door socket (門臼), which is likely incorrect. The Guangya says: '樞 means root/origin.' The Han text of the Shijing says: 'The pivot and spring are what control motion.' Composed of the wood radical (木) with 區 as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese