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辁 is a phono-semantic compound: the simplified vehicle radical 车 (chē) on the left places it in the semantic field of wheeled transport, while 全 (quán) on the right supplies the pronunciation and contributes the meaning "whole, complete". That meaning is fitting, the character denotes a solid wooden wheel without spokes, a complete wheel. 辁 is the simplified form of the traditional 輇, which uses the unsimplified radical 車. In addition to the wheel itself, the term can occasionally refer to a small cart built with such wheels.
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