懂中文 Dong Chinese

轧

yà, gá, zhá

crush by weight

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軋.

Components
车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

乚 sound component

乚  Sound component

yǐn, yà

  

turning stroke

Evolution

轧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轧 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
轧 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
轧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

轧 (軋) 

yà

crush by weight; grind; to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle

轧 (軋) 

Yà

surname Ya

轧 (軋) 

gá

to crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)

轧 (軋) 

zhá

to roll (steel)

Most common words with 轧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轧

to crush

冷轧

cold-rolling

轧钢

to roll steel (into sheets or bars)

轧机

steel rolling mill

轧制

rolling steel