漢字道KANJIDO

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3Junior high level12 strokesRadical
On
ジク
Kun
Meaning
axis; shaft

Origin

ORIGIN

車 "cart" with 由: the rod at the centre of a wheel — an axis, a shaft.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ジク軸・車軸・地軸

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 車軸しゃじく

    axle

  • 主軸しゅじく

    main axis; mainstay

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

計画の主軸をはっきりさせた。

We clarified the mainstay of the plan.

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