Chinese symbol for “axle”
轴心
zhóu xīn
Traditional: 軸心
axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for axle is 轴心 (zhóu xīn), defined as: axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “axle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车轴 (車軸) | chē zhóu | axle; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 轴 (軸) | zhóu | axis; axle |
| 轮轴 (輪軸) | lún zhóu | wheel and axle (mechanism); axle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轴心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轴承 (軸承) | zhóu chéng | (mechanical) bearing |
| 主轴 (主軸) | zhǔ zhóu | axis; principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) |
| 卷轴 (卷軸) | juàn zhóu | scroll (book or painting) |
| 时间轴 (時間軸) | shí jiān zhóu | time axis; timeline |
| 轴线 (軸線) | zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) |
| 中轴线 (中軸線) | zhōng zhóu xiàn | central axis (line) |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “axle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.