橾 meaning and stroke order
The axle hole in the center of a wheel (archaic)
How to write 橾, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 橾
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- old variant of 鍬|锹[qiao1]
- the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)
How 橾 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 喿 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 橾
橾 has 木 (mù, wood) on the left because old wheels were made of wood, and 喿 on the right gives the sound. Picture a wooden wheel with a hole in its center where the axle goes.
橾 (shū) is an archaic word for the axle hole in a wheel hub. You will mostly meet it in classical texts about chariots, not in modern speech. Example: 车轮之橾 (chēlún zhī shū), the axle hole of a chariot wheel.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 橾 with 操 (cāo, to grasp) or 澡 (zǎo, to bathe), which share the right part 喿 but have a different left side. Check for 木 on the left before reading it.
Questions about 橾
How many strokes are in 橾?
橾 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 橾 mean?
橾 (shū) means the axle hole in the center of a wheel (archaic).
How do you pronounce 橾?
橾 is pronounced shū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 橾?
The radical of 橾 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 橾 under this radical.
Why does 橾 also have the reading qiāo?
In the qiāo reading, 橾 is an old variant of 锹 (qiāo), meaning a shovel or spade. Today people write 锹 for that meaning.
What word is used for an axle hole in modern Chinese?
Modern Chinese does not use 橾 for this. People describe the part with everyday terms such as 轴孔 (zhóukǒng), axle hole.