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Kanji Detail for 輗 - "linchpin"
輗
- Meaning
輗 means "linchpin."
Linchpin - A wedge connecting the shaft and yoke of a cart.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cross bar at end of carriage pole
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
the cross-bar at the end of a carriage pole; linchpin of a large carriage
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
clamps for crossbar of carriage
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The part at the end of a large cart's pole that holds the crossbar. The pole and crossbar are attached together and fixed with a pin, called 輗. As Mozi says "Using a piece of wood just a foot long to pull a load of thirty dan."
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