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    3. 轍

    轍

    轍わだちい

    rut

    KMT10Freq #2484Core ConceptsAmbiguous glossKanji19 strokes

    組

    轍轍

    The heavy car carved a deep rut, a permanent wheel track in the soft earth.

    Kun'yomi

    わだちいわだち

    On'yomi

    テツ

    rutwheel track

    車

    車
    亠
    厶
    月
    攵
    丿

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    轄輸較転輪軌軽軒轟較轄転輸輪

    Concepts using this kanji

    轍

    rut

    転轍手

    switchman

    前車の轍を踏む

    to repeat someone's mistake

    転轍機

    switch

    前轍を踏む

    to repeat someone's mistake

    前轍

    wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before

    転轍

    switching or shunting (of a rail car)

    途轍もない

    extravagant

    轍を踏む

    to repeat someone's mistake

    轍鮒の急

    imminent danger

    轍叉

    railway frog

    轍鮒

    person or thing in imminent danger

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    轄

    control

    輸

    transport

    較

    contrast

    転

    revolve

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 亠
    • 厶
    • 攵
    • 月
    • 車

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    • 途轍もない
    • 轍
    • 転轍
    • 転轍手
    • 転轍機
    • 轍叉
    • 前轍
    • 轍を踏む
    • 前車の轍を踏む
    • 前轍を踏む
    • 轍鮒の急
    • 轍鮒

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