fú
spokes of wheel
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 輻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
radiation | ||
nuclear radiation | ||
irradiation | ||
spoke of a wheel | ||
wheel spoke |
Sources