軸

See also: 轴

Translingual

Han character

軸 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十中田 (JJLW), four-corner 5506₀, composition ⿰車由)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1242, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38269
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3520, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8EF8

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Chinese

trad.		軸
simp.		轴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhóu (zhou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ / zau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k / te̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhóu
    • Wade–Giles: chou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶ / zau⁶
    • Yale: juhk / jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ / dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ / zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚²/, /t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwk

Rime
Character	軸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直六切
Baxter	drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lruk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhóu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*lruk/
English	wheel-axle
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	軸
Reading #	1/1
No.	15541
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逐
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 軸

1. axle, axletree
2. pivot
3. axis

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 軸

1. Only used in 軸子／轴子 (zhóuzi).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu, zhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ, ㄓㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhóu
    • Wade–Giles: chou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 軸

1. Only used in 壓軸／压轴 (yāzhòu) and 壓軸子／压轴子 (yāzhòuzi).

Pronunciation 4

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k / tio̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔk̚¹²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 軸

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) large, oblong banner of silk carrying an appropriate message (usually for funerals)

Synonyms

• 幛子 (zhàngzi)
• (Min Nan) 軸布／轴布

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Japanese

Kanji

軸

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じく (jiku, Jōyō)^{←ぢく (diku, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちく (chiku)
• Kun: しんぎ (shingi, 軸); まきもの (makimono, 軸)

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Korean

Hanja

軸 • (chuk) (hangeul 축)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 軸 (trục)

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