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Meaning of 辕

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(Trad.: 轅)
Pinyin: yuán
English Definition: shafts of cart; yamen
Chinese Definition:
①车前驾牲畜的两根直木:辕马。车辕。驾辕。南辕北辙。
②旧时指军营、官署的外门,借指衙署:辕门。行(xíng)辕。
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (wheel) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
轩辕 xuān yuán Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
轩辕 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan
南辕北辙 nán yuán běi zhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
车辕 chē yuán shaft (pulling a cart)
驾辕 jià yuán to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
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Example Sentences
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A carpenter called Shijun someday passed by Quyuan, a place in the State of Qi.