辕
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shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 車 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 轅
- Common rank
- #3,554
- Unicode
- U+8F95
Formation & memory
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Words with 辕
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南辕北辙 | to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) | |
| 轩辕十四 | Regulus (constellation) | |
| 车辕 | shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the ha… | |
| 轩辕氏 | alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
| 驾辕 | to pull a carriage (of draft animal) | |
| 轩辕 | Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] | |
| 轩辕 | two-character surname Xuanyuan |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 袁 — compare how they read.