軎

axle of a chariot

Depicts the axle of a chariot (車).

Components

車
車 Iconic component
chē cart, vehicle
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts the round axle of a chariot.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

毄

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɢʷeds
ɢʷeds

說文解字

《說文》：“軎，車軸耑也。从車，象形。杜林說。轊，軎或从彗。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.940
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

𰹲 wèi a brass parts for a cart in ancient China Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode