轨 (guǐ): track, rail

轨 (guǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “track, rail.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 车 (semantic) and 九 (phonetic). It ranks #1862 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 轨 cart. Its radical form 车 (cart) appears in many related characters such as 车 (chē, vehicle), 轻 (qīng, light), 辆 (liàng, measure word for vehicles).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. track, rail

Etymology & Origin

轨

pictophoneticcart

Decomposition: ⿰车九 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 轨

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
轨道nounguǐ dàotrack (for trains etc)6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
出轨verbchū guǐto be derailed
正轨nounzhèng guǐthe right track
铁轨nountiě guǐrail
轨迹nounguǐ jìlocus
不轨adjectivebù guǐerrant
轻轨nounqīng guǐlight rail
越轨verbyuè guǐto run off the track
单轨noundān guǐmonorail
脱轨verbtuō guǐto leave the rails
有轨yǒu guǐtracked (tramcar)
接轨verbjiē guǐrailtrack connection
路轨nounlù guǐtrack (railroad, streetcar etc)
双轨shuāng guǐdouble-track
钢轨noungāng guǐsteel rail
导轨dǎo guǐ(mechanics) guide rail
52
Total compounds
19
As first character
52
As last character
29
As middle character

轨 appears in 52 compound words: 19 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 轨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

道dào
0.63079,998 co-occurrences
交jiāo
0.52024,202 co-occurrences
铺pù
0.5122,386 co-occurrences
通tōng
0.48925,184 co-occurrences
车chē
0.48816,206 co-occurrences
轻qīng
0.4743,176 co-occurrences
半bàn
0.4738,708 co-occurrences
电diàn
0.46611,604 co-occurrences
迹jì
0.4603,641 co-occurrences
脱tuō
0.4431,760 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

有轨电车yǒuguǐdiànchēHSK 6+

streetcar^(US); tramᵁᴷ

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

火车在轨道上行驶,速度很快。

Huǒchē zài guǐdào shang xíngshǐ, sùdù hěn kuài.

Trains run on tracks at high speeds.

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shū hán shì yè qǐ fēi què dǎi dào lǎo gōng chū guǐ ! bēng kuì dào bù zhī dào yāo xiān kū hái shì xiān gōng zuò

Shu Han's career took off but caught her husband cheating! I was so broken that I didn't know whether to cry or work first

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工地漏传监测数据 北市推双轨监管

gōng dì lòu chuán jiān cè shǔ jù běi shì tuī shuāng guǐ jiān guǎn

Construction site leakage monitoring data Beijing City promotes dual-track supervision

NewsFeb 2026

00996A双轨并进 下月开募

shuāng guǐ bìng jìn xià yuè kāi mù

00996A double-track parallel fundraising will be launched next month

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guó zhàn huì lùn tán cóng zì wèi quán dào zhì tiān quán zhōng rì dī guǐ wèi xīng jiào zhèn 蔡 xuàn

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bǎo bà chū guǐ xiǎo sān cì ! xìng ài háng shì lì pù guāng rén qī shì tú sī le . . .

Father of Four Cheats 24 Times with Mistress! Sex Calendar Exposed as Wife Tries to Settle Privately...

Tatoeba

在这里换乘地铁与轻轨方便吗?

Zài zhèlǐ huànchéng dìtiě yǔ qīngguǐ fāngbiàn ma?

Is it convenient to transfer between the subway and the light rail here?

Tatoeba

特快火车正驶进轨道。

Tèkuài huǒchē zhèng shǐ jìn guǐdào.

The express train is moving down the track.

Tatoeba

有轨电车三号线是去哪里的?

Yǒuguǐ diànchē sān hào xiàn shì qù nǎlǐ de?

Where does tram number 3 go?

Tatoeba

我的生意终于走上了正轨。

Wǒ de shēngyi zhōngyú zǒu shàng le zhèngguǐ.

My business has at last gotten on the right track.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 车 (cart) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced guǐ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 轨 (guǐ) mean in Chinese?
轨 (guǐ) primarily means "track, rail." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1862 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 轨 and 究?
轨 (guǐ) and 究 (jiū) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 车 vs 穴 (same 九 component).
How many strokes does 轨 have?
轨 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 轨?
The radical associated with 轨 is 车 (cart). This radical appears in many characters related to cart.
What are the components of 轨?
轨 is composed of: 车 (semantic), 九 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰车九 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 轨?
Common words with 轨 include: 轨道 (guǐ dào, "track (for trains etc)"); 出轨 (chū guǐ, "to be derailed"); 正轨 (zhèng guǐ, "the right track"); 铁轨 (tiě guǐ, "rail"); 轨迹 (guǐ jì, "locus"). There are over 52 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 轨 (guǐ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation guǐ: 规 (compass), 贵 (expensive), 归 (to return), 鬼 (disembodied spirit), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 轨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 轨 and the traditional form is 軌.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.