p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards Sign in

辂

輅
lù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) a large state carriage, especially one used by a monarch
  2. 2 (classical) the crossbar at the front of a carriage shaft

Examples

论语记载孔子主张乘殷之辂。
Lúnyǔ jìzǎi Kǒngzǐ zhǔzhāng chéng Yīn zhī lù.
The Analects records the advice to ride the state carriage of the Yin dynasty.

Tips

history
Not used in modern Chinese, where 'carriage' is 车. It survives in classical texts such as the Analects line 乘殷之辂, referring to the grand ceremonial carriage of a king.
register
Classical only — seen in the Analects, the Book of Documents, and other ancient texts, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; carriage
The cart radical 车 marks this directly as a kind of vehicle — here the grand carriage of a ruler.
phonetic
各 gè
each; here phonetic
The right side 各 is the phonetic; its reading drifted from gè to lù, the same element seen in 路 and 络.

Stroke Order

辂 lù