Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 㱿 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (轂)
㱿 Phonetic component
què to strike from above
(interchangeable 殼) the husk, skin or shell of fruits
View phonetic series →車 Meaning component
car
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Similar Characters
壳 shell (simp)殼 shell (trad)穀 cereal (trad/jp)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)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage
Historical Evolution
轂
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
轂
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
轂
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
轂
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
轂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
毂 / 轂 [gū]
wheel
毂 / 轂 [gǔ]
hub of wheel
Japanese
hub (of a wheel); nave
Example Sentences