Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (轴)
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墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軌 rails (trad/jp)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)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
軸
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
軸
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轴 / 軸 [zhóu]
axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
轴 / 軸 [zhòu]
see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[yāzhòuxì]; Taiwan pr. [zhóu]
Japanese
noun
- axis; shaft; axle
- center; centre; focal point; key point
- stalk; stem
- hanging scroll
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (65)
轴承 [zhóuchéng] #24,792
(mechanical) bearing
卷轴 [juànzhóu] #16,185
scroll (book or painting)
轴线 [zhóuxiàn] #39,822
central axis (line)
车轴 [chēzhóu] #25,081
axle
轴心 [zhóuxīn] #36,518
axle
主轴 [zhǔzhóu] #64,295
axis
轮轴 [lúnzhóu] #31,929
wheel and axle (mechanism)
轴距 [zhóujù] #51,312
wheelbase
线轴 [xiànzhóu] #32,304
thread spool
曲轴 [qūzhóu] #51,096
crankshaft
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JAPANESE WORDS (106)
時間軸 [じかんじく] #26,804
time axis
⭐ 掛け軸 [かけじく] #35,378
hanging scroll
⭐ 主軸 [しゅじく] #37,221
main spindle
軸足 [じくあし] #41,965
pivot foot
⭐ 車軸 [しゃじく] #54,348
axle
地軸 [ちじく] #69,519
earth's axis
⭐ 枢軸 [すうじく] #71,802
axle
新機軸 [しんきじく] #72,654
innovation
縦軸 [たてじく] #76,753
vertical axis
横軸 [よこじく] #79,810
abscissa
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KOREAN WORDS (4)