軾
shì

horizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair

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

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
式
式 Sound component
shì, shi style

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljɯɡ

說文解字

車前也。从車式聲。

Sources

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

轼 shì horizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 式 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軾.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
式
式 Sound component
shì, shi style

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode