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Kanji Detail for 軔 - "wheel chock, stop, ren"

  • Meaning

    軔 means "wheel chock, stop, ren."

    1. Wheel chock - A block of wood that stops a wheel from turning.

    2. Stop - To halt; to restrain.

    3. Ren - A unit of height or depth equal to seven or eight chi.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    block that keeps wheel from moving

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a block that keeps a wheel from moving

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    brake

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    brake

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

    Using wood to support the wheel and stop it from turning is called 軔. Therefore when a carriage first starts moving, it is called 發軔 (remove the wheel block). Today the beginning of an undertaking is also called 發軔. | "Mencius" says "Digging a well nine 軔 deep."
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