軲

See also: 轱

軲 U+8EF2, 軲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EF2 ← 軱 [U+8EF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 軳 → [U+8EF3]

Translingual

Han character

軲 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十十口 (JJJR), composition ⿰車古)

Derived characters

• 䉐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1241, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38254
• Dae Jaweon: page 1717, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3519, character 22
• Unihan data for U+8EF2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Etymology 1

trad.		軲
simp.		轱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khu

Rime
Character	軲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦胡切
Baxter	khu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ/
Li Rong	/kʰo/
Wang Li	/kʰu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軲
Reading #	1/1
No.	4239
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枯
Old Chinese	/*kʰaː/

Definitions

軲

1. (literary) a bar used to support a wagon when it is still

Etymology 2

trad.		軲
simp.		轱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū, gú (gu¹, gu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ, ㄍㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gú
    • Wade–Giles: ku²
    • Yale: gú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/

Definitions

軲

1. Used in 軲轆／轱辘 (gūlu).