You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Carriage (chē)
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Kangxi stroke count: 19
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Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced che (falling tone).
Explanatory Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): A track.
Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): The mark left by the rolling of carriage wheels. For further details, see the entry for the character track (gui).
Note: In the book Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), in the chapter Human World (Renjianshi): The mantis angrily raises its arms to obstruct the carriage tracks. It is sometimes written in a variant form (yi).
In the book Huainanzi (Huainanzi), in the chapter Responses of the Way (Daoyingxun): To stop stirring up dust and erase the tracks. It is sometimes written in a variant form.
In the book Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the biography of Lord Ping (Ping Zhuan): Outside the gate, there were many tracks from the carriages of honorable men. It is sometimes written in a variant form (che).
In ancient times, these characters were often used interchangeably; one need not be overly rigid about the distinctions.