guǐ

track

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

九 sound component

  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

軌 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
軌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
軌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
軌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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guǐ

track, rut, path; course; path; track; rail

Most common words with 軌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轨道

orbit

course

出轨

to leave the rails

轨迹

locus

正轨

the right track

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)