軌

軌 U+8ECC, 軌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ECC ← 軋 [U+8ECB] CJK Unified Ideographs 軍 → [U+8ECD]

See also: 轨

Translingual

Han character

軌 (radical 159 車+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十十大弓 (JJKN), four-corner 5401₇, composition ⿰車九)

References

• KangXi: page 1239, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38176
• Dae Jaweon: page 1713, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3512, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8ECC

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Chinese

trad.		軌
simp.		轨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 軌
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹	*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷrɯwʔ): semantic 車 + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²
• Min Nan (POJ): khúi / kúi
• Wu (Wiktionary): kue (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kuei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
    • Tâi-lô: khuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kue (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɯe̞³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiuɪ^X/▼

Rime
Character	軌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	居洧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiX/
Li Rong	/kjuiX/
Wang Li	/kwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kʷruʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯwʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷruʔ/
English	wheel ruts
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軌
Reading #	1/1
No.	6958
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	軌
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯwʔ/

Definitions

軌

1. rut; wheel track
2. track; path

Compounds

• 一軌／一轨
• 一軌同風／一轨同风
• 上軌道／上轨道 (shàngguǐdào)
• 不軌／不轨 (bùguǐ)
• 不軌之心／不轨之心
• 並軌／并轨 (bìngguǐ)
• 儀軌／仪轨
• 出軌／出轨 (chūguǐ)
• 同軌／同轨
• 同軌同文／同轨同文
• 單軌／单轨
• 圖為不軌／图为不轨
• 圖謀不軌／图谋不轨
• 多軌錄音／多轨录音
• 太空軌道／太空轨道
• 常軌／常轨
• 心存不軌／心存不轨
• 心懷不軌／心怀不轨
• 所圖不軌／所图不轨
• 文軌／文轨
• 方軌／方轨
• 正軌／正轨 (zhèngguǐ)
• 洪軌／洪轨

• 無軌電車／无轨电车 (wúguǐ diànchē)
• 狹軌鐵路／狭轨铁路
• 獨軌鐵路／独轨铁路
• 異軌／异轨
• 磁軌／磁轨
• 繼軌／继轨
• 脫軌／脱轨 (tuōguǐ)
• 脫離常軌／脱离常轨
• 臥軌／卧轨
• 覆車之軌／覆车之轨
• 覆車繼軌／覆车继轨
• 謀圖不軌／谋图不轨
• 謀為不軌／谋为不轨
• 謀逆不軌／谋逆不轨
• 護軌／护轨
• 越軌／越轨 (yuèguǐ)
• 路軌／路轨 (lùguǐ)
• 車軌／车轨
• 軌儀／轨仪
• 軌制／轨制
• 軌則／轨则
• 軌外行為／轨外行为
• 軌度／轨度

• 軌枕／轨枕
• 軌模／轨模
• 軌漏／轨漏
• 軌範／轨范 (guǐfàn)
• 軌距／轨距
• 軌跡／轨迹 (guǐjì)
• 軌躅／轨躅
• 軌轍／轨辙
• 軌道／轨道 (guǐdào)
• 軌道交點／轨道交点
• 軌道炮／轨道炮
• 軌道電路／轨道电路
• 軌道面／轨道面
• 軌量／轨量
• 軌革／轨革
• 遐軌／遐轨
• 鋼軌／钢轨
• 鏈軌／链轨
• 鐵軌／铁轨 (tiěguǐ)
• 陰謀不軌／阴谋不轨
• 雙軌／双轨
• 音軌／音轨 (yīnguǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji

軌

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: わだち (wadachi, 軌); みち (michi)

Compounds

• 軌条 (きじょう) (kijō)
• 軌跡 (きせき) (kiseki)
• 軌道 (きどう) (kidō)
• 軌範 (きはん) (kihan)

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Korean

Hanja

軌 • (gwe)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 궤
  • Name (hangeul): 길

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Vietnamese

Han character

軌 (quỹ, quẫy, quĩ)

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