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轨

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(bound form) rail; track; course; path

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,414 U+8F68

How 轨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

车 (semantic, “cart”) + 九 (phonetic, jiǔ)

components: 车 九

How to remember it

rails · Heisig RSH #1623

车 car + baseball team

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 九

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 九 (jiǔ) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
九 sound component jiǔ nine
仇 chóu enemy; hatred, enmity
究 jiū to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
鸠 jiū pigeon; to collect, to assemble
旭 xù the rising sun; brilliant, radiant
宄 guǐ traitor; villain
犰 qiú armadillo
艽 jiāo large-leaf gentian
馗 kuí cheekbone; path, road, intersection
氿 guǐ spring
鼽 qiú sclogged nose

Words containing 轨

WordPinyinMeaning
地球同步轨道 dì qiú tóng bù guǐ dào (astronomy) geosynchronous orbit
无轨电车 wú guǐ diàn chē trolleybus
有轨电车 yǒu guǐ diàn chē streetcar; tramcar; tram
养老金双轨制 yǎng lǎo jīn shuāng guǐ zhì (PRC) dual-track pension system (with separate schemes for public-sector and enterprise em…
地球轨道 dì qiú guǐ dào Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth); Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth aro…
轨道交通 guǐ dào jiāo tōng metro; rapid transit; subway
轻型轨道交通 qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōng light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro; a…
同步轨道 tóng bù guǐ dào (astronomy) synchronous orbit
轨道空间站 guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn orbital space station
上轨道 shàng guǐ dào to stay on track; to proceed smoothly
低地轨道 dī dì guǐ dào see 近地軌道|近地轨道[jin4 di4 gui3 dao4]
近地轨道 jìn dì guǐ dào low Earth orbit (LEO)
地球静止轨道 dì qiú jìng zhǐ guǐ dào (astronomy) geostationary orbit
退休金双轨制 tuì xiū jīn shuāng guǐ zhì see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]
不轨 bù guǐ errant
圆轨道 yuán guǐ dào circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
无轨 wú guǐ trackless
有轨 yǒu guǐ tracked (tramcar)
出轨 chū guǐ to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds; (fig.) to have an extr…
轨道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life…