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Kanji Detail for 軌 - "track, path"

軌

  • Meaning

    軌 means "track, path." Also associated with to follow.

    1. Track - Wheel ruts; the distance between wheels.

    2. Path - Road; route.

    3. To follow - To comply with.

    4. Rule - Example; standard; coherence.

  • Words using 軌

    • 軌道 きどう Listen orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track
    • 軌跡 きせき Listen tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken

  • Tattoo check: 軌

    • Verified meaning: track, path
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read わだち)
    • Also carries these associations: to follow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 軌

    Given names 軌(わだち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rut; wheel; track; model; way of doing

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    track, rut, path

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) rail; track; course; path

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    track, rut, path

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wheel tracks. Meaning the distance between the two wheels. Today the railways on which trains and streetcars run match the two wheels. Therefore also called 軌道 (railroad track). | The orbits of planets around the sun are also called 軌道 (orbit). | Rules and laws. All that does not follow regulations is called 不軌 (unlawful). Today plotting rebellion is also called 謀為不軌 (plotting treason).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    track path to follow rule course trajectory alignment line orbit order pattern road route ruts standard way

Sentences including 軌

  • You are way off track.

  • The satellite is now in orbit.

  • He was very wild in his youth.

  • Her behavior was a departure from the normal.

  • The spaceship is out of orbit around the moon.

  • The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.

  • The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.

  • The satellite is in orbit around the moon.

  • The rocket put a communications satellite into orbit.

  • My business has at last gotten on the right track.

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