Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (辕)
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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)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)
Historical Evolution
辕
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
辕
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
辕
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
辕
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
辕
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
辕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
辕 / 轅 [yuán]
shafts of cart; yamen
Japanese
shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
南辕北辙 [nányuánběizhé] #49,692
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
轩辕 [XuānYuán] #18,839
Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huángdì]
车辕 [chēyuán] #51,606
shaft (pulling a cart)
轩辕氏 [Xuānyuánshì] #62,509
alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
驾辕 [jiàyuán] #67,371
to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
轩辕十四 [Xuānyuánshísì]
Regulus (constellation)