guǐ

track

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
车 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

九 sound component

  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

轨 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
轨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
轨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

guǐ

track, rut, path; course; path; track; rail

Most common words with 轨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轨道

orbit

course

出轨

to leave the rails

轨迹

locus

正轨

the right track

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)