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軸

axis
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. axisRtK
    彼は軸のような重要な役割を演じた。He played an important part like an axis.tatoeba
    地球は地軸を中心として回転している。The Earth rotates on its axis.tatoeba
  2. pivot
  3. stem
  4. stalk
  5. counter for book scrolls
  1. shaft
  2. axle
  3. center
  4. centre

Radicals and components

Radical車cart
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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car (車) · sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1193

Compound words

掛軸かけじく
hanging scroll
車軸しゃじく
axle
主軸しゅじく
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis
枢軸すうじく
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
中軸ちゅうじく
axis; pivot; central figure; key man
基軸きじく
basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard
掛け軸かけじく
hanging scroll
羽軸うじく
(ornithological) rachis
横軸よこじく
abscissa
花軸かじく
rachis (floral axis)
機軸きじく
axis
光軸こうじく
optical axis (of a lens, spherical mirror, etc.)
軸物じくもの
(hanging) scroll
一機軸いちきじく
new method
回転軸かいてんじく
axis of revolution
空間軸くうかんじく
spatial axis
座標軸ざひょうじく
coordinate axis
時間軸じかんじく
time axis
枢軸国すうじくこく
Axis powers (World War II)
樞軸國すうじくこく
Axis powers (World War II)
基軸通貨きじくつうか
key currency
瀰漫性軸索損傷びまんせいじくさくそんしょう
diffuse axonal injury

Additional Examples

車輪は車軸で回転する。
Wheels turn on axles.tatoeba
その小説は南北戦争を軸にしている。
The novel is centered on the Civil War.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 軸

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step