轸
zhěn

cross board at rear of carriage

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

㐱
㐱 Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

軫 cross board at rear of carriage Traditional

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

㐱
㐱 Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyinXtə[n]ʔcrossboard at back of carriage
Zhengzhangkljɯnʔ
Unicodejǐn

說文解字

車後橫木也。从車㐱聲。

Sources

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