轴
2 readings · tap one to hear it
axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 車 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 軸
- Common rank
- #1,156
- Unicode
- U+8F74
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 轴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轴心国 | Axis powers (World War II) | |
| 水平轴 | horizontal shaft; horizontal axis (math.) | |
| 中轴线 | central axis (line) | |
| 后车轴 | back axle (of car) | |
| 转轴儿 | erhua variant of 轉軸|转轴[zhuan4 zhou2] | |
| 自转轴 | axis of rotation | |
| 转动轴 | axis of rotation (mechanics); spindle | |
| 传动轴 | drive shaft | |
| 车轴草 | honewort; Cryptotaenia japonica | |
| 半长轴 | semiaxis; radius | |
| 时间轴 | time axis; timeline | |
| 联轴器 | (mechanics) coupler; coupling | |
| 正半轴 | positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) | |
| 连轴转 | (coll.) to work non-stop; to work around the clock | |
| 联轴节 | (mechanics) coupling | |
| 中轴 | axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket | |
| 心轴 | central axis; spindle | |
| 轴心 | axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations) | |
| 地轴 | the earth's axis | |
| 机轴 | arbor; shaft (in a machine) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 由 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由 sound part | cause, reason; from | |
| 油 | oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints | |
| 抽 | to draw out, to pull out; to sprout | |
| 邮 | mail; post office | |
| 袖 | sleeve | |
| 宙 | space, time, space-time | |
| 鼬 | weasel, mustela itatis | |
| 铀 | uranium | |
| 釉 | enamel, glaze | |
| 岫 | mountain peak; cave, cavern | |
| 柚 | grapefruit, pomelo | |
| 蚰 | millipede | |
| 妯 | sister-in law | |
| 舳 | the stern of a ship |