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辕

yuán

HSK 6 Character Traditional 轅

What 辕 means

1. shaft of a cart or carriage
2. bound formentrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office

Example sentences

• 你要南辕北辙了。
  Nǐ yào nányuánběizhé le.
  You're not going in the right direction.

Words containing 辕

• 轩辕Xuān YuánXuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
• 南辕北辙nán yuán běi zhéto act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
• 车辕chē yuánshaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the…
• 驾辕jià yuánto pull a carriage (of draft animal)
• 轩辕氏Xuān yuán shìalternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
• 轩辕十四Xuān yuán shí sìRegulus (constellation)

Characters that look like 辕

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

• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 璇xuán(jade)

Sounds the same

Read yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 员(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 原former; original; primary
• 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 圆circle; round; circular
• 源root; source; origin
• 援to help; to assist; to aid
• 缘cause; reason; karma
• 袁long robe (old)
• 猿ape
• 媛used in 婵媛
• 垣wall