漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
軌: rut, wheel
Also: track, model, way of doing
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
車 carries the meaning · 九 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 軌道きどうorbit; trajectory
- 軌跡きせき
- 常軌じょうきnormal course (of action); proper course
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
九
Also built on nine (九)
The 九 family reads キュウ (kyuu); 軌 is read キ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side軌 rut · 九
vs軍 army · 冖In ChineseSimplified 轨 · traditional, as in Japanese · guǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 軌; mainland China simplifies it to 轨.
- Simplified
- 轨 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 軌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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