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軸

JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1261

Meanings

Axis, Pivot, Stem, Stalk, Counter For Book Scrolls

Radicals

車

Decomposition

⿰車由

Etymology

Pictophonetic: wheel

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical bottom-to-top

3 corner bottom-to-top

4 horizontal left-to-right

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 vertical right-to-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

11 horizontal left-to-right

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジク jiku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

106 words total

Other (20 words)

hanging scroll

basis

matchwood

pivot foot

innovation

(hanging) scroll

Axis powers (World War II)

巻軸かんじく

(center portion of a) scroll (centre)

軸装じくそう

mounting for a scroll

vertical axis

axis of symmetry

major axis

ball bearing

minor axis

penholder (handle into which a penpoint fits)

live axle

axis of refraction

lateral axis

dead axle

rachis (floral axis)

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