You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Carriage (chē)
Kangxi Strokes: 19
Page 1248, Entry 01
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced che.
Explanation from the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Marks left by wheels.
Supplemented Rhymes (Zengyun): The tracks crushed by carriage wheels. For further details, see the entry for the character track (gui).
Note: In the Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Inner Chapters (Renjianshi): A mantis wields its arms in anger to block a carriage track. It is also written as a variant form (yi). In the Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Teachings on the Way (Daoyingxun): To stop dust and erase tracks. It is also written as a variant form (zhe). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Ping (Ping zhuan): Outside the gate, there were many tracks from the carriages of elders. It is also written as a variant form (che). In ancient times, many characters were used interchangeably; there is no need to be dogmatic.