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Kanji Detail for 轄 - "jurisdiction, control, linchpin"

  • Meaning

    轄 means "jurisdiction, control, linchpin."

    1. Jurisdiction - The area of authority.

    2. Control - To govern; to manage.

    3. Linchpin - A pin holding a wheel on an axle.

  • Words using

    • 管轄 かんかつ Listen jurisdiction; control
    • 直轄 ちょっかつ Listen direct control; direct supervision
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    • Verified meaning: jurisdiction, control, linchpin
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    control; wedge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    linchpin of wheel; control

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern; to have jurisdiction over

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel

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

    The linchpin at the end of the carriage axle. Made of iron. When the carriage axle extends outside the hub, a pin fixes it. Controls the hub from coming out. | To manage. Such as 總轄 (general administration), 兼轄 (concurrent administration).
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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