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軸 = 由 + 車

軸 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “axis”. It is built from 由 (wherefore) and 車 (car). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1193.

Keyword
axis
RTK frame
1193
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ось
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
軸 axle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 由 wherefore
  2. 車 car

How to find 軸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “wherefore” + “car”. 軸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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