轊

轊 U+8F4A, 轊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F4A ← 轉 [U+8F49] CJK Unified Ideographs 轋 → [U+8F4B]

Translingual

Han character

轊 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十十手十一 (JJQJM) or 十十手十尸 (JJQJS), composition ⿰車彗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38508
• Dae Jaweon: page 1727, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3551, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8F4A

Chinese

trad.		轊
simp.		𫐕
alternative forms		軎／𰹲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
櫘	*sqʰʷeds
彗	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲	*sɢʷeds
鏏	*sɢʷeds
槥	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭	*ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒	*qʰʷeːds
暳	*qʰʷeːds
嚖	*qʰʷeds
慧	*ɡʷeːds
蔧	*sɢʷids
雪	*sqʰʷed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwejH, zjwejH

Rime
Character	轊	轊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	于歲切	祥歲切
Baxter	hjwejH	zjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇiH/	/ziuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚieiH/	/zʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuæiH/	/ziuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiajH/	/zwiajH/
Li Rong	/ɣjuɛiH/	/ziuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɛiH/	/zĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɛiH/	/zi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6	seoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷeds/, /*ɢʷeds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轊	轊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5466	5468
Phonetic component	彗	彗
Rime group	祭	祭
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	篲	衞
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷeds/	/*ɢʷeds/
Notes	同軎見史記	見方言

Definitions

轊

1. axle tip of a chariot or cart

   • 當昔全盛之時，車掛轊，人駕肩， [MSC, trad.]
     当昔全盛之时，车挂𫐕，人驾肩， [MSC, simp.]

     From: 5th century AD: Bao Zhao (鮑／鲍 (bào)照 (zhào)), Fu on the Ruined City (《蕪城賦》)

     dāng xī quánshèng zhī shí, chē guà wèi, rén jià jiān, [Pinyin]

     In the past, during its [Guangling's] age of consummate splendor,
     Chariots rubbed axle-tip to axle-tip,
     People bumped shoulder to shoulder,

Synonyms

• 軝／𬨂 (qí)

Japanese

Kanji

轊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)

Vietnamese

Han character

轊: Hán Nôm readings: duệ, vệ

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