Memory phrase for the character: 轴

轴

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Meaning axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing

Pronunciation

zhóu, zhòu

Explanation

Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), Here: axis 丨 in a bearing 臼

Mnemonic

A vehicle with axis and pivot.

Radicals

车	vehicle	Simplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This sign 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
由	reason, cause	First, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.

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Vocabulary

轴承	zhóu chéng	bearing (mechanical)
曲轴	qū zhóu	crankshaft
主轴	zhǔ zhóu	axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc); main axle (of engine)
轴线	zhóu xiàn	central axis (line)
轴线	zhóu xiàn

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