軚

軚 U+8EDA, 軚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EDA ← 軙 [U+8ED9] CJK Unified Ideographs 軛 → [U+8EDB]

Translingual

Han character

軚 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十大戈 (JJKI), composition ⿰車太)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1240, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38201
• Dae Jaweon: page 1716, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3517, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8EDA

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 軚 – see 軑 (“hubcap”). (This character is a variant form of 軑).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 軚 – see 呔 (“(Cantonese) tyre”). (This character is a variant form of 呔).

Etymology 3

trad.		軚
simp.		𮷗
alternative forms		舦 舵

Vernacular reading of 舵 (Norman, 1988, Yan et al., 2016).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai⁵
    • Yale: táaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯¹³/

Definitions

軚

1. (Cantonese) steering wheel (Classifier: 盤／盘 c; 堂 c)

   單手揸軚／单手揸𮷗 [Cantonese]  ―  daan¹ sau² zaa¹ taai⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to steer with one hand

   扭盡左軚／扭尽左𮷗 [Cantonese]  ―  nau² zeon⁶ zo² taai⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to turn the steering wheel all the way to the left

   望住條路，唔好望盤軚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   望住条路，唔好望盘𮷗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mong⁶ zyu⁶ tiu⁴ lou⁶, m⁴ hou² mong⁶ pun⁴ taai³. [Jyutping]

   Look at the road, not your steering wheel.

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) turning around a car involving multiple forward and backward turns (Classifier: 手 c)

   三手軚／三手𮷗 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ sau² taai⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  three-point turn

Derived terms

• 右軚／右𮷗
• 左軚／左𮷗
• 扭軚／扭𮷗
• 褪軚／褪𮷗
• 軚盤／𮷗盘
• 轉軚／转𮷗
• 風油軚／风油𮷗

 

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 方向盤 (“steering wheel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		方向盤
Mandarin	Taiwan	方向盤
	Chengdu	方向盤
	Guilin	方向盤
	Dagudi (Maliba)	龍頭
	Reshuitang (Longling)	龍頭
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	方向盤
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	龍頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	軚
	Hong Kong	軚, 軚盤
	Taishan	軚, 車盤
	Taishan (Guanghai)	方向盤
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	車軚
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	軚盤
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	方向盤
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	stereng
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	方向盤, stereng
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	軚
	Móng Cái	車軚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捍多路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捍多路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捍多路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捍多路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捍多路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捍多路
	Senai (Huiyang)	stereng
Southern Min	Xiamen	方向盤, 駕駛盤
	Quanzhou	方向盤
	Zhangzhou	方向盤
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	捍多路
	Kaohsiung	捍多路
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	捍多路
	Tainan	捍多路
	Tainan (Anping)	捍多路
	Penghu (Xiyu)	方向盤, 捍多路
	Penang (Hokkien)	車手
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	stereng