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Character

辕

yuán HSK 7
辕 yuán HSK 7
  • 1. the two shafts at the front of a large cart for harnessing animals
  • 2. gate of a military camp; by extension: yamen of a high military or civil official
  • 3. a surname
Words using 辕 as yuán (1)
  • 1 南辕北辙 nán yuán běi zhé — to go south while heading north; self-contradictory HSK 7
    • 南 south; represents the direction of the carriage shafts
    • 辕 shafts; the poles attached to a cart or carriage
    • 北 north; represents the direction of the wheel tracks
    • 辙 wheel tracks; the marks left by wheels on the ground
    Example

    你想减肥却天天吃零食，这不是南辕北辙吗？

    nǐ xiǎng jiǎn féi què tiān tiān chī líng shí zhè bú shì nán yuán běi zhé ma

    You want to lose weight but eat snacks every day, isn't this self-contradictory?

Structure & writing
辕 yuán — the two shafts at the front of a large cart for harnessing animals

辕 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 车 chē — wheeled land vehicle
车 is a component in 27 characters
HSK 3
轻 qīng light in weight; low in density (opposite of '重') 较 jiào to compare (size, degree, etc.) 辆 liàng measure word for vehicles
HSK 4
转 zhuǎn to rotate; to change direction or situation 输 shū to transport from one place to another 连 lián to connect, to link
HSK 5
军 jūn armed forces; military 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 软 ruǎn soft, not firm (opposite of 硬) 载 zài to load (onto a vehicle or vessel) 辑 jí to collect and compile (materials into a book)
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阵 zhèn battle formation (arrangement of troops in combat)
HSK 6
轨 guǐ the distance between two wheels of a vehicle; rut left by wheels 轮 lún wheel 辅 fǔ to assist; to aid 辈 bèi generation; order of seniority in a family
HSK 7
撵 niǎn to expel, drive away 斩 zhǎn to chop off; to behead 舆 yú (lit.) carriage; cart 轰 hōng boom; bang (sound of thunder, cannon, explosion, etc.) 轴 zhóu axle; shaft (cylindrical mechanical part around which wheels or components rotate)
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轿 jiào sedan chair; a traditional enclosed conveyance of bamboo or wood, draped with cloth, carried by bearers or on horseback 辐 fú spoke (of a wheel) 辕 yuán the two shafts at the front of a large cart for harnessing animals 辖 xiá linchpin (iron pin through an axle hub to keep the wheel in place) 辗 zhǎn used in "辗转": ① tossing and turning (of the body); ② passing through many places or hands; moving in a roundabout way 辙 zhé rut; track left by a wheel
2 袁 yuán — a surname
袁 is a component in 1 characters
HSK 7
辕 yuán the two shafts at the front of a large cart for harnessing animals

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