xiá
linchpin of wheel
Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 害 represents the sound. Simplified form of 轄.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 辖
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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administrative region | ||
to administer | ||
to govern | ||
province level city | ||
to govern directly |