辐

輻

fú

畐 + 车

Definitions

fú (noun) spoke of a wheel

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輻.

Semantic: 车 Phonetic: 畐

About

辐 is a phonosemantic compound: the radical 车 (vehicle) on the left provides the meaning of carts and transportation, while 畐 on the right indicates the sound. The traditional form is 輻, which uses 車 instead of 车 but retains the same phonetic. The character literally denotes the spokes of a wheel, the rods connecting the hub to the outer rim, and by extension, it now appears in scientific terminology for radiation or things that converge and radiate from a central point.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

辐射无处不在。

Fúshè wúchù bù zài.

Radiation is everywhere.

辐条是车轮的一部分。

Fútiáo shì chēlún de yī bùfen.

Spokes are part of a wheel.

太阳发出热辐射。

Tàiyáng fāchū rè fúshè.

The sun emits thermal radiation.

核电站会产生辐射。

Hédiànzhàn huì chǎnshēng fúshè.

Nuclear power plants produce radiation.

辐照技术用于食品保鲜。

Fúzhào jìshù yòng yú shípǐn bǎoxiān.

Irradiation technology is used for food preservation.

气象学中有辐合和辐散的概念。

Qìxiàngxué zhōng yǒu fúhé hé fúsàn de gàiniàn.

In meteorology, there are concepts of convergence and divergence.

紫外线辐射对皮肤有伤害。

Zǐwàixiàn fúshè duì pífū yǒu shānghài.

Ultraviolet radiation harms the skin.

工程师仔细检查了车轮的每根辐条。

Gōngchéngshī zǐxì jiǎnchá le chēlún de měi gēn fútiáo.

The engineer carefully inspected every spoke of the wheel.

Related Characters

Component: 畐

Component: 车

辐