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Keyword
axis
  • axle
  • pivot
  • shaft
Frequency
#1954
Strokes
9
Readings
zhóu
Mnemonic
车 (wheel) gives the meaning and 由 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
轴zhóu
axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
轴承zhóuchéng
(mechanical) bearing
主轴zhǔzhóu
axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc); main axle (of engine)
卷轴juànzhóu
scroll (book or painting)
时间轴shíjiānzhóu
time axis; timeline
轴线zhóuxiàn
central axis (line)
中轴线zhōngzhóuxiàn
central axis (line)
轴心zhóuxīn
axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations)
压轴yāzhòu
final and most important item (on a program, schedule etc); grand finale; (attributive) final; climactic; (traditional Chinese opera) penultimate item on the program; Taiwan pr. yá1zhou
轴心国Zhóuxīnguó
Axis powers (World War II)
轴zhòu
Taiwan pr. zhóu
转轴zhuànzhóu
axis of rotation
中轴zhōngzhóu
axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket
联轴器liánzhòuqì
(mechanics) coupler; coupling
曲轴qūzhóu
crankshaft
轮轴lúnzhóu
wheel and axle (mechanism); axle