軌
rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
軌 centers on a fixed path or guiding framework: a wheel track or rut, and by extension a model or established way of doing things.
Most common words using 軌
20 of 62- 軌道きどうN1
orbit; trajectory
- 軌跡きせき
tire track
- 常軌じょうき
normal course (of action); proper course; regular way
- 軌き
rut; wheel track
- 無軌道むきどう
trackless
- 軌条きじょう
rail (of a railroad)
- 軌間きかん
(railroad) gauge
- 不軌ふき
lawlessness; violation of customs
- 中軌道ちゅうきどう
ICO; Intermediate Circular Orbit
- 人車軌道じんしゃきどう
handcar railroad; handcar railway
- 低軌道ていきどう
low orbit; low Earth orbit; LEO
- 併用軌道へいようきどう
rail track laid on a road
- 円軌道えんきどう
circular orbit
- 分子軌道ぶんしきどう
molecular orbital; MO
- 半装軌車はんそうきしゃ
half-track (vehicle)
- 単軌鉄道たんきてつどう
monorail
- 同期軌道どうききどう
geosynchronous orbit
- 周回軌道しゅうかいきどう
orbit
- 地球低軌道ちきゅうていきどう
low Earth orbit
- 地球周回軌道ちきゅうしゅうかいきどう
earth orbit; geocentric orbit
Study
Etymology
軌 combines 車 (vehicle) and 九, which likely contributes the sound and suggests the groove of a wheel track. The extended meanings of model or way of doing come from the idea of a fixed path.
Meaning mnemonic
A vehicle 車 follows the groove 九 of a wheel track, like a train on rails. That fixed path becomes a model for how things are done.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, imagine a key guiding a vehicle along its track: key -> キ, and the key keeps the wheels in the rut.