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The character '辙', traditionally written as '轍', etymologically combines the radical '車' for vehicle with the component '徹', which historically contributed phonetic qualities and connotations of thoroughness or penetration, together denoting the ruts or tracks impressed by wheeled transport. Over centuries, its core meaning of physical wheel marks extended metaphorically to signify a set course, established method, or conventional pattern, including its specialized use in poetry to describe rhyme schemes. Structurally, the simplified form retained the semantic vehicle radical while replacing the complex '徹' with the abbreviated '彻', maintaining the character's phonetic lineage and its enduring conceptual link to paths defined by repeated passage.
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路上有深深的车辙。
车轮陷在泥辙里了。
他决定不再重蹈父亲的覆辙。
这两件事的发展如出一辙。
写诗要讲究合辙押韵。
在困境中，他试图寻找新的路辙。
历史常有惊人的相似之辙。
面对失败，他果断改弦易辙，调整了策略。