轴 zhóu axle
axle; pivot; shaft; axis
How to remember 轴: 车 car + 由 because = axle. The car stops dead on the motorway because something snapped underneath, and the mechanic lists the damage, axle and more.
Component breakdown
轴 = 车 car + 由 because
- 车 car
- 由 because
The car stops dead on the motorway because something snapped underneath, and the mechanic lists the damage, axle and more.
How it is used
- Physical 'axle/shaft' (车轴 chēzhóu, cart axle) and the abstract 'axis' (地轴 dìzhóu, earth's axis; 轴心 zhóuxīn, pivot/Axis powers).
- Also the measure word / noun for a hanging scroll: 一轴山水画 (yí zhóu shānshuǐhuà) a landscape scroll.
- In opera, 压轴 (yāzhòu) is the star turn near the end of a program - hence 'climax act', read zhòu here.