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轅: shafts of cart; yamen

By May 13, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

轅 [辕] yuán


: shafts of cart; axle
: 衙門 ya2men; magistrate’s office or residence

Kun Reading

猿 | ながえ nagae

noun
: shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)

On Reading

エン en

 Usage:

轅馬 [辕马] yuan2ma3: thriller
車轅 [车辕] che1yuan2: shaft (pulling a cart)
駕轅 [驾辕] jia4yuan2: to pull a carriage (of draft animal)



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
南轅北轍 [南辕北辙] nan2 yuan2 bei3 zhe2
: to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(che1: car; cart radical 159) suggests the meaning while
(yuan2: robe) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
辕. Derived from generic character simplification rule #14 (車 » 车) via usage of grass script form of character.



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary