軻
kēkě

axle

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːl
kʰaːlʔ
kʰaːls
Unicodekɑ
kɑ̌

說文解字

接軸車也。从車可聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

轲 kē, kě axle Simplified

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode