辕(yuán)

14 strokesTrad. 轅

shaft of a cart or carriage

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Character information

Pinyin
yuán
Meaning
shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
轅

Origin & structure

Where 辕 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰车袁

In this compound, the meaning comes from 车 (wheel); 袁 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

车chē袁yuán

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 辕 step by step

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Words with 辕

Common words using 辕 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chē车yuán辕

shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), co…

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xuān轩yuán辕

Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黄帝

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jià驾yuán辕

to pull a carriage (of draft animal)

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nán南yuán辕běi北zhé辙

to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)

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Related characters

From 辕’s common words

车轩驾南北辙

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