轧

軋

yà, gá, zhá

乚 + 车

Definitions

yà surname Ya

gá to crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)

yà to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle

zhá to roll (steel)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軋.

Semantic: 车 Phonetic: 乚

About

The character 轧 (yà) is a phono-semantic compound describing the rolling, crushing, or pressing action of a heavy wheel. In its traditional form 軋, the full vehicle radical 車 (chē) , later simplified to 车 , conveys the idea of wheeled machinery. The right-hand component 乚 (yà) marks the pronunciation. The original meaning was the grinding or crushing of a cartwheel passing over something; this extended to industrial processes like steel rolling and to abstract pressures such as extortion, mutual exclusion, or heavy administrative processing.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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钢铁在工厂里被轧制。

Gāngtiě zài gōngchǎng lǐ bèi yàzhì.

The steel is rolled in the factory.

这台轧机需要维修。

Zhè tái yàjī xūyào wéixiū.

This rolling mill needs maintenance.

他的手指被机器轧伤了。

Tā de shǒuzhǐ bèi jīqì yàshāng le.

His finger was crushed and injured by the machine.

傍晚我们去轧马路吧。

Bàngwǎn wǒmen qù yà mǎlù ba.

Let's go for a stroll on the street in the evening.

这种金属的轧制工艺很复杂。

Zhè zhǒng jīnshǔ de yàzhì gōngyì hěn fùzá.

The rolling process for this type of metal is very complex.

新的轧辊已经安装好了。

Xīn de yàgǔn yǐjīng ānzhuāng hǎo le.

The new roller has been installed.

车间正在进行冷轧薄板的生产。

Chējiān zhèngzài jìnxíng lěngyà báobǎn de shēngchǎn.

The workshop is producing cold-rolled sheets.

老式轧花机的噪音轧得她心烦意乱。

Lǎoshì yàhuājī de zàoyīn yà dé tā xīnfán yìluàn.

The noise of the old cotton gin mill irritated and unsettled her.

Related Characters

Component: 乚

Component: 车

轧