轨
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(bound form) rail; track; course; path
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How 轨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
车 (semantic, “cart”) + 九 (phonetic, jiǔ)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |