Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

軸: axis, pivot

Also: stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

車 carries the meaning · 由 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジクjiku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 軸じくaxis; shaft; axle
  • 主軸しゅじくmain spindle; main shaft
  • 中軸ちゅうじくaxis; pivot; central figure
  • 基軸きじくbasis; foundation; core
  • 掛軸かけじくhanging scroll
  • 軸足じくあしpivot foot

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 車 cart story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
車

Also built on cart (車)

All 19
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all

The 由 family reads ユ (yu); 軸 is read ジク.

Also read ジク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
軸 axis · 車 + 由
vs暉 shine · 日 + 軍
軸 has 車 + 由 where 暉 has 日 + 軍.
In ChineseSimplified 轴 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhóu

Japan keeps the traditional form 軸; mainland China simplifies it to 轴.

Simplified
轴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
軸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhóu 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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