轧
3 readings · tap one to hear it
to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 車 +1
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 軋
- Common rank
- #2,053
- Unicode
- U+8F67
Sound it out + = · + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
flatten · Heisig RSH #1624
车 car + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 轧
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轧花机 | cotton gin | |
| 轧道机 | road roller | |
| 轧道车 | trolley for inspecting rail track | |
| 轧马路 | to stroll around the streets (esp. of a young couple) | |
| 牛轧糖 | (loanword) nougat | |
| 轧钢机 | a steel rolling mill | |
| 轧染机 | pressure roller used in dyeing trough | |
| 轧机 | steel rolling mill | |
| 轧空 | (finance) to squeeze short sellers | |
| 轧制 | rolling steel | |
| 轧场 | to roll with a stone roller; to thresh grain by rolling | |
| 轧钢条 | steel rails | |
| 热轧 | (metallurgy) hot-rolled; hot-rolling | |
| 冷轧 | (metallurgy) cold-rolled; cold-rolling | |
| 轧钢厂 | a steel rolling mill | |
| 凹凸轧花 | embossing | |
| 轧钢 | to roll steel (into sheets or bars) | |
| 轧染 | pad dyeing | |
| 倾轧 | conflict; internal strife; dissension | |
| 轧棉 | to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乚 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乚 sound part | — | secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal |
| 礼 | courtesy, manners, social customs | |
| 乩 | to divine | |
| 冘 | to move on; doubtful | |
| 钆 | gadolinium |