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轭

è

Character Traditional 軛

What 轭 means

1. yoke

Words containing 轭

• 共轭gòng è(math., physics, chemistry) to be conjugate
• 牛轭niú èyoke
• 牛轭礁Niú è JiāoNiu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the…
• 复共轭fù gòng è(math) complex conjugate
• 共轭复数gòng è fù shù(math) complex conjugate
• 共轭不尽根gòng è bù jìn gēn(math) conjugate surd

Characters built on 厄

These share the phonetic component 厄 (è), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 呃è(exclamation); to hiccup
• 扼èto grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard

Characters that look like 轭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 牦máoyak (Bos grunniens)

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate