辙(zhé)

HSK 7-916 strokesTrad. 轍

rut

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Character information

Pinyin
zhé
Meaning
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]); (coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc); (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 没) way; idea
Strokes
16
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
轍

Origin & structure

Where 辙 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿲车育攵

Something left 育 by a cart 车 when it moves 攵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

车chē育yù攵pū

Parts are arranged three parts across.

Traditional form 轍: cart

How to write 辙 step by step

16 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 辙

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

méi没zhé辙
HSK 7-9

at one's wit's end

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hé合zhé辙

on the same track; in agreement; rhyming

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zhǎo找zhé辙

to look for a pretext

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gù故zhé辙

rut (made by vehicles); (fig.) conventional ways

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yī一gǎi改gù故zhé辙

complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction

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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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rú如chū出yī一zhé辙

to be precisely the same

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píng凭shì轼jié结zhé辙

to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)

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没合找故一改南辕

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