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辖

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linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern; to have jurisdiction over

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
車 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
轄
Common rank
#3,117
Unicode
U+8F96

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Formation & memory

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How 辖 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

车 meaning “cart” + 害 sound ( hài )

Components 车 害

How to remember it

administer · Heisig RSH #2591

车 car + 害 harm

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 辖

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

WordPinyinMeaning
中央直辖市 zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first l…
市辖区 shì xiá qū city district (a county-level administrative unit under prefecture-level cities, or sub-pr…
直辖市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first l…
省辖市 shěng xiá shì provincial city
辖区 xiá qū administrative region
下辖 xià xiá to administer; to have jurisdiction over
管辖 guǎn xiá to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
辖制 xiá zhì to control
直辖 zhí xiá to govern directly
统辖 tǒng xiá to govern; to have complete control over; to be in command of

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
害 sound part hài to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
割 gē to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede
豁 huō clear, open; exempt
嗐 hài alas!