軸
zhóuzhòu

axle

轴 (軸) zhóu frequency
axis noun
axis, axle, or a central shaft of a rotating mechanical part

由于车轴断了，马车无法继续行驶。

yóu​yú chē zhóu duàn le, mǎ​chē wú​fǎ jì​xù xíng​shǐ.

The carriage couldn't continue because its axle broke.

roll measure word
classifier for items wound on a roller, such as calligraphy or paintings

客厅的墙上挂着一轴山水画。

kè​tīng de qiáng shàng guà zhe yī zhóu shān​shuǐ​huà.

A scroll of a landscape painting is hanging on the living room wall.

spool noun
a cylinder or roller on which items like thread or scrolls are wound

他小心地将丝线绕在轴上。

tā xiǎo​xīn de jiāng sī​xiàn rào zài zhóu shàng.

He carefully wound the silk thread onto the spool.

轴 (軸) zhòu
axis noun
axis; axle; spool (Taiwan pr. [zhou2])

地球绕着地轴自转。

dì​qiú rào zhe dì​zhóu zì​zhuàn.

The Earth rotates on its axis.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,438th most common 20.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,625th most common 6.81 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.70 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
17.0 per million

Details
Simplified
轴
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+8EF8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)