軌 meaning and stroke order
Track, rut, path
How to write 軌, stroke by stroke
9 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 軌
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) rail; track; course; path
How 軌 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Cart.
車 gives the meaning and 九 hints at the sound.
Radical: 車 (cart), shared by 49 characters on this site.
How to remember 軌
軌 combines 車 (chē, cart) with 九 (jiǔ), which hints at the sound guǐ. Picture a cart rolling along the same path so many times that its wheels wear deep tracks into the road.
軌 is a bound form, so it almost always appears inside words like 轨道 (guǐdào, track, orbit) and 铁轨 (tiěguǐ, railroad track). It is also used figuratively for being on or off course. Example: 公司慢慢走上了正轨。(Gōngsī mànmàn zǒu shàng le zhèngguǐ.) The company gradually got on the right track.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 轨 (guǐ) with 轧 (yà, to roll over), since both use the cart radical and a small right side. Check that the right part is 九 (jiǔ), not 乚.
Common words with 軌
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 軌道 | guǐdào | track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite) | HSK 6 |
| 軌跡 | guǐjì | locus; orbit | HSK 7-9 |
| 接軌 | jiēguǐ | railtrack connection; to integrate into sth | HSK 7-9 |
| 出軌 | chūguǐ | to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds | |
| 鐵軌 | tiěguǐ | rail; railroad track | |
| 正軌 | zhèngguǐ | the right track | |
| 脫軌 | tuōguǐ | to leave the rails; to derail |
Questions about 軌
How many strokes are in 軌?
軌 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 軌 mean?
軌 (guǐ) means track, rut, path. A common word with it is 轨道 (guǐdào), meaning "track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)".
How do you pronounce 軌?
軌 is pronounced guǐ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 軌?
The radical of 軌 is 車, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 軌 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 軌?
軌 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 轨, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 出轨 mean in everyday conversation?
Literally 出轨 (chūguǐ) means a train derails. In daily speech it most often means to cheat on a partner, so use it carefully.
Why is 軌 written 轨 in many words?
轨 is the simplified form used in mainland China, where the cart radical 車 is written 车. Taiwan and Hong Kong keep 軌.