axle of a chariot

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approved by Peter Olson · Apr 15, 2021, 07:17 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Apr 15, 2021, 07:17 PM

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Depicts the axle of a chariot ().

Components

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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

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
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica