Memory phrase for the character: 轧

轧

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Meaning

to crush (by weight), to roll (steel)

Pronunciation

yà, zhá

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 车 (=車 = top view with axle | load-area 日 wheels 二), right: a hook 乚 like at: 'to bundle 扎'

Mnemonic
 
The vehicle's (weight) presses/crushes when a hook is produced by: rolling it.

Radicals

車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
乚 lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".




 Vocabulary

轧辊 zhá gǔn  roll
轧制 zhá zhì  rolling steel
辗轧 zhǎn yà  to roll over; to run over
辗轧 zhǎn yà  

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