Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (轨)
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墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軍 army (trad/jp)軒 veranda (trad/jp)軔 Block A Block That (trad)軛 collar (trad)軟 soft (trad/jp)軫 cross board at (trad)軲 Wheel A Wheel (trad)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage較 relatively (trad/jp)載 laden (trad/jp)輊 low (trad)輒 then (trad)
Historical Evolution
軌
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
軌
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
軌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軌
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
軌
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
軌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轨 / 軌 [guǐ]
course; path; track; rail
Japanese
noun
- rut; wheel track
- distance between two wheels; gauge
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
軌 わだち
Wadachi female given name
CHINESE WORDS (46)
轨道 [guǐdào] #4,818
orbit
出轨 [chūguǐ] #8,191
derailment (railway accident)
轨迹 [guǐjì] #11,621
locus
正轨 [zhèngguǐ] #8,460
the right track
接轨 [jiēguǐ] #48,228
railtrack connection
铁轨 [tiěguǐ] #10,764
rail
不轨 [bùguǐ] #17,330
errant
转轨 [zhuǎnguǐ] #17,171
to change track
越轨 [yuèguǐ] #24,900
to run off the track
轻轨 [qīngguǐ] #21,356
light rail
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JAPANESE WORDS (62)
⭐ 軌道 [きどう] #5,672
orbit
⭐ 軌跡 [きせき] #12,182
tire track
常軌を逸する [じょうきをいっする] #16,136
to defy accepted norms
⭐ 規範 [きはん] #26,331
model
軌道に乗る [きどうにのる] #26,448
to be on track
軌道修正 [きどうしゅうせい] #29,173
course correction
軌道上 [きどうじょう] #29,442
in orbit
無軌道 [むきどう] #40,440
trackless
軌道に乗せる [きどうにのせる] #58,747
to put on track
⭐ 常軌 [じょうき] #84,654
normal course (of action)
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KOREAN WORDS (2)