軔
rèn

a block that keeps a wheel from moving

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

刃
刃 Sound component
rèn knife edge

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyinHnər(ʔ)-swheel stopper
Zhengzhangnjɯns

說文解字

礙車也。从車刃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

轫 rèn a block that keeps a wheel from moving Simplified

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

刃
刃 Sound component
rèn knife edge

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode