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辕
轅
yuán
1. shafts of cart
2. yamen

Character Breakdown (Single character)

辕
yuán
axle; magistrate's office; surname
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (7)

轩辕
Xuānyuán
two-character surname Xuanyuan
车辕
chēyuán
shaft (pulling a cart)
轩辕
XuānYuán
Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor [[黃帝|黄帝<Huángdì>]]
驾辕
jiàyuán
to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
轩辕氏
Xuānyuánshì
alternative name for the Yellow Emperor [[黄帝]]
轩辕十四
Xuānyuánshísì
Regulus (constellation)
南辕北辙
nányuánběizhé
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
HSK 6

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,830

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