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軸

zhóu, zhòu

axle

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

由 sound component

由  Sound component

yóu

  

cause

Evolution

軸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
軸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

轴 (軸) 

zhóu

axle, axletree; pivot; axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

轴 (軸) 

zhòu

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[yā​zhòu​xì]; Taiwan pr. [zhóu]

Most common words with 軸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轴

axis

轴承

(mechanical) bearing

卷轴

scroll (book or painting)

轴线

central axis (line)

车轴

axle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lruk

drjuwk

zhóu

wheel-axle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.6681% of movies

2625th most common character in movies

2438th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

轴

Unicode

U+8EF8

Shuowen

“軸，持輪也。从車，由聲。”


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