轼 (shì): (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot, to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect

轼 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 车 (cart). It ranks #4790 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 车 cart9 strokesFrequency #4790

Definitions

  1. (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot
  2. to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
金富轼jīn fù shìKim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2], compiler of History of Three Kin...
苏轼sū shìSu Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one ...
凭轼结辙píng shì jié zhéto drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
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Total compounds
0
As first character
67
As last character
33
As middle character

轼 appears in 3 compound words: 0 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

写好轼字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。

xiě hǎo shì zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .

To write the character "轼" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 轼 (shì) mean in Chinese?
轼 (shì) primarily means "(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #4790 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 轼 and 后?
轼 (shì) and 后 (hòu) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 轼 (front) vs 后 (back).
How many strokes does 轼 have?
轼 is written with 9 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 轼?
The radical associated with 轼 is 车 (cart). This radical appears in many characters related to cart.
What are common words containing 轼?
Common words with 轼 include: 金富轼 (jīn fù shì, "Kim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2], compiler of History of Three Kin..."); 苏轼 (sū shì, "Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one ..."); 凭轼结辙 (píng shì jié zhé, "to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
Is 轼 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 轼 and the traditional form is 軾.

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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.