xuān

carriage

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
车 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

干 sound component

  Sound component

gāngàn

  

interfere

Evolution

轩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轩 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
轩 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xuān

carriage; high; wide; balcony; surname of the Yellow Emperor; pavilion with a view; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)

() 

Xuān

surname Xuan

Most common words with 轩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

high

轩然大波

huge waves

轩辕

Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng​dì]

轩尼诗

Hennessy (cognac)

气宇轩昂

impressive appearance