轩
pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,645 U+8F69
How 轩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
车 (semantic, “cart”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)
How to remember it
veranda · Heisig RSH #2643
车 car + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound component | gān | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| 杆 | gān | cane, pole, stick |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration, sweat |
| 奸 | jiān | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery |
| 刊 | kān | publication, periodical; to publish, to print |
| 肝 | gān | liver |
| 赶 | gǎn | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel |
| 竿 | gān | bamboo pole; penis |
| 鼾 | hān | to snore loudly |
| 矸 | gān | cliff; rock |
| 邗 | hán | an ancient place in the state of Wu |
| 旰 | gàn | sunset, dusk; evening |
| 犴 | àn | wild dog; jail, lock-up |
| 豻 | àn | prison, jail; a wild dog |
| 酐 | gān | anhydride |
Words containing 轩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轩然大波 | xuān rán dà bō | huge waves; (fig.) ruckus; controversy; sensation |
| 轩尼诗 | Xuān ní shī | Hennessy (cognac) |
| 轩轩自得 | xuān xuān zì dé | to be delighted with oneself |
| 气宇轩昂 | qì yǔ xuān áng | to have an imposing or impressive appearance; impressive appearance; straight and impressi… |
| 器宇轩昂 | qì yǔ xuān áng | variant of 氣宇軒昂|气宇轩昂[qi4 yu3 xuan1 ang2] |
| 轩辕十四 | Xuān yuán shí sì | Regulus (constellation) |
| 不分轩轾 | bù fēn xuān zhì | well-matched; equally matched |
| 陶哲轩 | Táo Zhé xuān | Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006 |
| 轩昂 | xuān áng | high; lofty; elevated; dignified |
| 轩辕氏 | Xuān yuán shì | alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 |
| 轩掖 | xuān yè | forbidden place |
| 轩冕 | xuān miǎn | (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official); (fig.) di… |
| 轩槛 | xuān jiàn | railings of a balcony |
| 轩辕 | Xuān Yuán | Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] |
| 轩辕 | Xuān yuán | two-character surname Xuanyuan |