wèi

axle of a chariot

Depicts the axle of a chariot ().

Components
車 iconic component

  Iconic component

chē

  

vehicle

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts the round axle of a chariot.

Evolution

軎 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
軎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
軎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
軎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𰹲 () 

wèi

brass part of a cart in ancient China

Component uses

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

Unicode

U+8ECE

Shuowen

“軎,車軸耑也。从車,象形。杜林說。轊,軎或从彗。”


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