# 軌

| 軌 | U+8ECC, &#36556; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ECC |
| ← 軋 [U+8ECB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 軍 → [U+8ECD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

軌 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十十大弓 (JJKN), four-corner 5401$_7$, composition ⿰車九)

#### Derived characters

* 𣷾, 𦳛, 匭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1239, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38176
* Dae Jaweon: page 1713, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3512, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8ECC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 軌 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 尻 | *kʰuː |
| 訄 | *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 虓 | *qʰruː |
| 鳩 | *ku |
| 勼 | *ku |
| 九 | *kuʔ |
| 究 | *kus |
| 仇 | *ɡu |
| 鼽 | *ɡu |
| 犰 | *ɡu |
| 叴 | *ɡu |
| 厹 | *ɡu |
| 頄 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 朹 | *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 馗 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 扏 | *ɡu |
| 訅 | *ɡu |
| 釚 | *ɡu |
| 肍 | *ɡu |
| 軌 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 宄 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 氿 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 匭 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 泦 | *kuɡ |
| 旭 | *qʰʷoɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷrɯwʔ) : semantic 車 + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).

### Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B kwarsär and Tocharian A kursär (“league, mile”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guǐ (gui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kúi
    (Hailu, HRS): gui$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gui$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gūi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khúi / kúi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kui$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^3$
*** Yale: gwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^2$
*** Yale: gwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúi
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kui²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɪ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gūi
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kui⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
*** Tâi-lô: khuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quie
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi
*** Tâi-lô: kuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khúi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰui⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$kue
*** MiniDict: kue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$kue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kwijX
Rime :
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居洧切 |
| Baxter | kwijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kjwi$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjui$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kwi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷruʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯwʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷruʔ/ |
| English | wheel ruts |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6958 |
| Phonetic component | 九 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 軌 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷrɯwʔ/ |

### Definitions

軌
* rut; wheel track
* track; path
* rail

### Compounds

* 一軌 / 一轨
* 一軌同風 / 一轨同风
* 上軌道 / 上轨道 (shàng guǐdào)
* 不軌 / 不轨 (bùguǐ)
* 不軌之心 / 不轨之心
* 並軌 / 并轨 (bìngguǐ)
* 儀軌 / 仪轨 (yíguǐ)
* 出軌 / 出轨 (chūguǐ)
* 同軌 / 同轨
* 同軌同文 / 同轨同文
* 單軌 / 单轨 (dānguǐ)
* 圖為不軌 / 图为不轨
* 圖謀不軌 / 图谋不轨 (túmóubùguǐ)
* 多軌錄音 / 多轨录音 (duōguǐ lùyīn)
* 太空軌道 / 太空轨道
* 密軌 / 密轨
* 寬軌 / 宽轨 (kuānguǐ)
* 常軌 / 常轨 (chángguǐ)
* 心存不軌 / 心存不轨 (xīncúnbùguǐ)
* 心懷不軌 / 心怀不轨
* 所圖不軌 / 所图不轨
* 文軌 / 文轨
* 方軌 / 方轨
* 正軌 / 正轨 (zhèngguǐ)
* 洪軌 / 洪轨
* 無軌電車 / 无轨电车 (wúguǐ diànchē)
* 狹軌鐵路 / 狭轨铁路
* 獨軌鐵路 / 独轨铁路
* 異軌 / 异轨
* 磁軌 / 磁轨
* 窄軌 / 窄轨 (zhǎiguǐ)
* 米軌 / 米轨 (mǐguǐ)
* 繼軌 / 继轨
* 脫軌 / 脱轨 (tuōguǐ)
* 脫離常軌 / 脱离常轨
* 臥軌 / 卧轨 (wòguǐ)
* 覆車之軌 / 覆车之轨
* 覆車繼軌 / 覆车继轨
* 謀圖不軌 / 谋图不轨
* 謀為不軌 / 谋为不轨
* 謀逆不軌 / 谋逆不轨
* 護軌 / 护轨
* 越軌 / 越轨 (yuèguǐ)
* 路軌 / 路轨 (lùguǐ)
* 車軌 / 车轨
* 軌儀 / 轨仪
* 軌制 / 轨制
* 軌則 / 轨则
* 軌外行為 / 轨外行为
* 軌度 / 轨度
* 軌枕 / 轨枕
* 軌模 / 轨模
* 軌漏 / 轨漏
* 軌範 / 轨范 (guǐfàn)
* 軌距 / 轨距 (guǐjù)
* 軌跡 / 轨迹 (guǐjì)
* 軌躅 / 轨躅
* 軌轍 / 轨辙
* 軌道 / 轨道 (guǐdào)
* 軌道交點 / 轨道交点
* 軌道炮 / 轨道炮
* 軌道電路 / 轨道电路
* 軌道面 / 轨道面
* 軌量 / 轨量
* 軌革 / 轨革
* 遐軌 / 遐轨
* 鋼軌 / 钢轨 (gāngguǐ)
* 鏈軌 / 链轨
* 鐵軌 / 铁轨 (tiěguǐ)
* 陰謀不軌 / 阴谋不轨
* 雙軌 / 双轨
* 音軌 / 音轨 (yīnguǐ)

### References

* “軌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* ↑ Alexander Lubotsky (1998) “Tocharian Loan Words in Old Chinese: Chariots, Chariot Gear, and Town Building”, in The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia, pages 379-390

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: わだち (wadachi, 軌)、みち (michi)

#### Compounds

* 軌(き)条(じょう) (kijō)
* 軌(き)跡(せき) (kiseki)
* 軌(き)道(どう) (kidō)
* 軌(き)範(はん) (kihan)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kwe̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [궤]

### Hanja

Wikisource 軌 (eumhun 수레바퀴 사이 궤 (surebakwi sai gwe))
* hanja form of 궤 (“track, rut, path”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

軌: Hán Nôm readings: quỹ, quẫy, quĩ
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