轨

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(bound form) rail; track; course; path

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HSK 3.0: Level 6
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 6
Radical: 車 +2
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 軌
Common rank: #1,413
Unicode: U+8F68

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Formation & memory

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How 轨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

车 meaning “cart” + 九 sound ( jiǔ )

Components 车九

How to remember it

rails · Heisig RSH #1623

车 car + baseball team

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 轨

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
地球同步轨道	dì qiú tóng bù guǐ dào	(astronomy) geosynchronous orbit
无轨电车	wú guǐ diàn chē	trolleybus
有轨电车	yǒu guǐ diàn chē	streetcar; tramcar; tram
养老金双轨制	yǎng lǎo jīn shuāng guǐ zhì	(PRC) dual-track pension system (with separate schemes for public-sector and enterprise em…
地球轨道	dì qiú guǐ dào	Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth); Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth aro…
轨道交通	guǐ dào jiāo tōng	metro; rapid transit; subway
轻型轨道交通	qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōng	light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro; a…
同步轨道	tóng bù guǐ dào	(astronomy) synchronous orbit
轨道空间站	guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn	orbital space station
上轨道	shàng guǐ dào	to stay on track; to proceed smoothly
低地轨道	dī dì guǐ dào	see 近地軌道\|近地轨道[jin4 di4 gui3 dao4]
近地轨道	jìn dì guǐ dào	low Earth orbit (LEO)
地球静止轨道	dì qiú jìng zhǐ guǐ dào	(astronomy) geostationary orbit
退休金双轨制	tuì xiū jīn shuāng guǐ zhì	see 養老金雙軌制\|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]
不轨	bù guǐ	errant
圆轨道	yuán guǐ dào	circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
无轨	wú guǐ	trackless
有轨	yǒu guǐ	tracked (tramcar)
出轨	chū guǐ	to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds; (fig.) to have an extr…
轨道	guǐ dào	track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life…

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 九 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
九 sound part	jiǔ	nine
仇	chóu	enemy; hatred, enmity
究	jiū	to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
鸠	jiū	pigeon; to collect, to assemble
旭	xù	the rising sun; brilliant, radiant
宄	guǐ	traitor; villain
犰	qiú	armadillo
艽	jiāo	large-leaf gentian
馗	kuí	cheekbone; path, road, intersection
氿	guǐ	spring
鼽	qiú	sclogged nose