yà, gá, zhá
crush by weight
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 軋
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to crush | ||
cold-rolling | ||
to roll steel (into sheets or bars) | ||
steel rolling mill | ||
rolling steel |
Sources