辙

zhé

zh+é·2nd tone

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)

Radical: 车 Strokes: 16

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

车转轻轮软轩载输轨轴较辉

Same radical

车转轻轮软轩载输轨轴较辉辑辅辈

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Character Decomposition

辙=车+育+攵

Etymology

Something left 育 by a cart 车 when it moves 攵

Meanings

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)

(coll.) the direction of traffic

a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)

(dialect) (usu. after 有 yǒu or méi) way; idea

zhé

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Words with 辙 93 total

on the same track · in agreement · rhyming合辙hé zhé rut (made by vehicles) · (fig.) conventional ways故辙gù zhé at one's wit's end · unable to find a way out没辙méi zhé to look for a pretext找辙zhǎo zhé Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家苏辙Sū Zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned · (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past覆辙fù zhé wheel rut; vehicle track车辙chē zhé

Idioms with 辙 38 total Chain

(idiom) wheel ruts and horse tracks; fig. traces of travel or activity车辙马迹chē zhé mǎ jì change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction · to dance to a different tune改弦易辙gǎi xián yì zhé

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