辙 — Chinese character
辙
zhé
track, rut; stuck in a rut
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Radical
- 159 ⾞ (Cart)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 车 育 攵
- Formation
- ideographic — Something left 育 by a cart 车 when it moves 攵
- Traditional
- 轍
Common words with 辙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍) | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past |
| 覆辙 (覆轍) | fù zhé | the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past |
| 如出一辙 (如出一轍) | rú chū yī zhé | to be precisely the same; to be no different |
| 没辙 (沒轍) | méi zhé | at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out |
| 南辕北辙 (南轅北轍) | nán yuán běi zhé | to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) |
| 改弦易辙 (改弦易轍) | gǎi xián yì zhé | change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; to dance to a different tune |
| 车辙 (車轍) | chē zhé | wheel rut; vehicle track |
| 一改故辙 (一改故轍) | yī gǎi gù zhé | complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; a volte-face |
| 合辙 (合轍) | hé zhé | on the same track; in agreement |
| 合辙儿 (合轍兒) | hé zhé r | erhua variant of 合辙 (hé zhé) |
| 凭轼结辙 (憑軾結轍) | píng shì jié zhé | to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom) |
| 找辙 (找轍) | zhǎo zhé | to look for a pretext |
English words written with 辙
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.