轅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yuán

axle

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

袁 Sound component

yuán

robe

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yuán

axle; magistrate's office; surname; shafts of cart; yamen

Most common words with 轅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	南辕北辙	to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
	轩辕	Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huángdì]
	辕	yamen
	车辕	shaft (pulling a cart)
	轩辕氏	alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝