xiá

linchpin of wheel

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

Components
车 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

害 sound component

  Sound component

hài

  

injure

Evolution

辖 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
辖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辖 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
辖 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiá

linchpin of wheel; control; to govern; to control; having jurisdiction over; linchpin of a wheel (archaic); noise of a barrow

Most common words with 辖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辖区

administrative region

管辖

to administer

to govern

直辖市

province level city

直辖

to govern directly