Memory phrase for the character: 轴

轴

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Meaning

axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing

Pronunciation

zhóu, zhòu

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), Here: axis 丨 in a bearing 臼

Mnemonic
 
A vehicle with axis and pivot.

Radicals

車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
由 reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.




 Vocabulary

轴承 zhóu chéng  bearing (mechanical)
曲轴 qū zhóu  crankshaft
主轴 zhǔ zhóu  axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc); main axle (of engine)
轴线 zhóu xiàn  central axis (line)
轴线 zhóu xiàn  

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