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Car Axis 軸 ジク Pivot Stem Stalk Counter

Kanji
Onyomi ジク
English axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls
Examples 軸(じく): axis; stem; shaft; axle
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1261
Components 車: car
由: wherefore; a reason
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 159
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading くるま・くるまへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword axis
Koohii Story 1 The Germans manufactured so many cars during World War II that it was almost as if they were sprouting from the factories of the Axis.
Koohii Story 2 An absurd image, but what the heck - worked for me. Imagine a car going across a plain at a fast speed. Suddenly a single sprout (the only one to be seen) gets stuck to the car´s wheels, causing the car to fly around its axis.
RTK Index (new) 1193

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_vehicle.machine

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