轨 meaning and stroke order
Track, rut, path
How to write 轨, stroke by stroke
6 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 轨
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) rail; track; course; path
How 轨 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Cart.
车 gives the meaning and 九 hints at the sound.
Radical: 车 (cart), shared by 50 characters on this site.
How to remember 轨
轨 is a pictophonetic character: 车 (chē, cart) gives the meaning and 九 (jiǔ) hints at the sound. Picture a cart rolling along the grooves it has worn into a road, and you have a track or rut.
轨 is a bound form, so it almost always appears inside words like 轨道 (guǐdào, track, orbit), 铁轨 (tiěguǐ, railroad track) and 正轨 (zhèngguǐ, the right track). Many of these words also have figurative meanings about behavior or direction. Example: 公司的工作已经走上正轨了。(Gōngsī de gōngzuò yǐjīng zǒushàng zhèngguǐ le.) The company's work is now on the right track.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say guǐ with the wrong tone or mix it up with 鬼 (guǐ, ghost), which has the same sound but a different meaning. Also keep the right side as 九 (jiǔ), not 丸 (wán), which has an extra dot.
Common words with 轨
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 轨道 | guǐdào | track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite) | HSK 6 |
| 轨迹 | guǐjì | locus; orbit | HSK 7-9 |
| 接轨 | jiēguǐ | railtrack connection; to integrate into sth | HSK 7-9 |
| 出轨 | chūguǐ | to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds | |
| 铁轨 | tiěguǐ | rail; railroad track | |
| 正轨 | zhèngguǐ | the right track | |
| 脱轨 | tuōguǐ | to leave the rails; to derail |
轨 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 轨
How many strokes are in 轨?
轨 is written with 6 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 轨 mean?
轨 (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 轨?
轨 is pronounced guǐ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 轨?
The radical of 轨 is 车, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 轨 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 轨?
The traditional form of 轨 is 軌. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 轨 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 轨 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 轨 is part of the HSK 6 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What does 出轨 mean besides a train derailing?
In everyday speech 出轨 (chūguǐ) very often means to cheat on a partner or have an affair. It can also mean overstepping proper bounds in general, so context matters.
What is the difference between 轨道 and 轨迹?
轨道 (guǐdào) is the track or orbit itself, like a railway line or a satellite's orbit. 轨迹 (guǐjì) is the path or trace something leaves as it moves, and it is often used for the course of someone's life or a moving object's trajectory.