Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (轧)
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Historical Evolution
軋
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
軋
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軋
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轧 / 軋 [Yà]
surname Ya
轧 / 軋 [gá]
to crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)
轧 / 軋 [yà]
to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle
轧 / 軋 [zhá]
to roll (steel)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (21)
冷轧 [lěngzhá] #27,202
(metallurgy) cold-rolled
轧钢 [zhágāng] #31,719
to roll steel (into sheets or bars)
轧机 [zhájī] #31,925
steel rolling mill
轧制 [zházhì] #32,526
rolling steel
轧辊 [zhágǔn] #36,525
(steelmaking) roll
倾轧 [qīngyà] #42,910
conflict
轧花机 [yàhuājī] #50,477
cotton gin
轧轧 [yàyà] #53,078
(onom.) sound of machinery, e.g. squeaking
轧钢机 [zhágāngjī] #53,399
a steel rolling mill
挤轧 [jǐyà] #69,126
to bump and shove
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JAPANESE WORDS (8)
軋む [きしむ] #8,362
to jar
歯ぎしり [はぎしり] #18,483
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding
軋み [きしみ] #20,667
creak
軋轢 [あつれき] #26,846
friction
軋る [きしる] #45,260
to creak
軋み合う [きしみあう] #170,260
to engage in (mutual) competition
ごまめの歯軋り [ごまめのはぎしり]
feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless)
軋り [きしり]
creaking