Chinese symbol for “yoke”
轭
è
Traditional: 軛
yoke
The closest CC-CEDICT match for yoke is 轭 (è), defined as: yoke.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “yoke”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛轭 (牛軛) | niú è | yoke |
| 羁绊 (羈絆) | jī bàn | trammels; fetters |
| 牵绊 (牽絆) | qiān bàn | to bind; to yoke |
| 枷销 (枷銷) | jiā xiāo | yoke; chains |
| 胊 | qú | yoke |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共轭 (共軛) | gòng è | (math., physics, chemistry) to be conjugate |
| 牛轭 (牛軛) | niú è | yoke |
| 共轭复数 (共軛複數) | gòng è fù shù | (math.) complex conjugate |
| 复共轭 (複共軛) | fù gòng è | (math.) complex conjugate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “yoke”.
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.