軸 – axis, pivot, stem

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1261 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 軸 means axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジク (jiku). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 車 (no. 159).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジク	jiku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 車 (Kangxi radical 159). Components: ｜・車・日・田.

Words using 軸

軸じくaxis

Example sentences

その小説は南北戦争を軸にしている。

The novel is centered on the Civil War.

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Kanji with the same radical

軍転車輸輪軽載較輝軟輩軒軌

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