軸

See also: 轴

軸	U+8EF8, 軸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EF8

← 軷
[U+8EF7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

軹 →
[U+8EF9]

Translingual

Han character

軸 (radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十中田 (JJLW), four-corner 5506₀, composition ⿰車由)

References

KangXi: page 1242, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38269

Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3520, character 12

Unihan data for U+8EF8

Chinese

trad.		軸
simp.		轴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	ljɯwɢs, lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	l̥ʰɯw, l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	l'ɯw, ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	lɯw, lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	lɯwɢs, l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	l'ɯːwɢ, l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhóu (zhou²)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶, zau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tia̍k / te̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chou²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk⁶, zau⁶
  - Yale: juhk, jauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹, dzau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶, zeo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚²/, /t͡sɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dek
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɖɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	軸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lruk/
(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhóu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*lruk/
English	wheel-axle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軸
Reading #	1/1
No.	15541
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逐
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

軸

axle, axletree
pivot
axis

Compounds

主軸／主轴 (zhǔzhóu)
二軸晶／二轴晶
光軸／光轴
卷軸／卷轴 (juànzhóu)
卷軸裝／卷轴装
反軸心國／反轴心国
同軸圓／同轴圆
同軸電纜／同轴电缆 (tóngzhóu diànlǎn)
地軸／地轴
坐標軸／坐标轴
坤軸／坤轴
天軸／天轴
掛軸／挂轴
插架萬軸／插架万轴
晶軸／晶轴
曲軸／曲轴
杼軸／杼轴 (zhùzhóu)

杼軸其空／杼轴其空
機軸／机轴
橫軸／横轴
牙簽犀軸／牙签犀轴
牙籤玉軸／牙签玉轴
牙籤萬軸／牙签万轴
牙籤錦軸／牙签锦轴
磁軸／磁轴
穗軸／穗轴
空氣軸承／空气轴承
立軸／立轴
線軸兒／线轴儿
縱軸／纵轴
群輕折軸／群轻折轴
聯軸器／联轴器 (liánzhóuqì)
胚軸／胚轴
胯骨軸兒／胯骨轴儿

花軸／花轴 (huāzhóu)
葉軸／叶轴
車軸／车轴 (chēzhóu)
車軸草／车轴草
軸心／轴心 (zhóuxīn)
軸心國／轴心国 (zhóuxīnguó)
軸承／轴承 (zhóuchéng)
軸根系／轴根系
軸突／轴突 (zhóutū)
軸線／轴线 (zhóuxiàn)
軸艫千里／轴舻千里
軸距／轴距
輪軸／轮轴 (lúnzhóu)
轆軸／辘轴
轉軸／转轴 (zhuànzhóu)
連軸兒轉／连轴儿转
鈞軸／钧轴

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

軸

Only used in 軸子／轴子 (zhóuzi).

Compounds

大軸子／大轴子 (dàzhòuzi)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòu, zhóu
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ, ㄓㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chou²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

軸

Only used in 壓軸／压轴 (yāzhòu) and 壓軸子／压轴子 (yāzhòuzi).

Compounds

壓軸／压轴 (yāzhòu)

壓軸子／压轴子 (yāzhòuzi)

壓軸戲／压轴戏 (yāzhòuxì)

Japanese

Kanji

軸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: じく (jiku, Jōyō)^{←ぢく (diku, historical)}
Kan-on: ちく (chiku)
Kun: しんぎ (shingi, 軸); まきもの (makimono, 軸)

Korean

Hanja

軸 • (chuk) (hangeul 축)

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Vietnamese

Han character

軸 (trục)

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