(xiá): linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle), (bound form) to govern, to have jurisdiction over

(xiá) is a Chinese character meaning “linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1632 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

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

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)
  2. (bound form) to govern
  3. to have jurisdiction over

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticcart

Decomposition: ⿰车害 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
verbguǎn xiáto administer
nounxiá qūadministrative region
nounzhí xiá shìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivi...
verbtǒng xiáto govern
zhōng yāng zhí xiá shìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivi...
nounshì xiá qūcity district (a county-level administrative unit under prefecture-level cities, or sub-prefecture-level under sub-pr...
verbxià xiáto administer
nounshěng xiá shìprovincial city
verbxiá zhìto control
verbzhí xiáto govern directly
10
Total compounds
20
As first character
40
As last character
40
As middle character

appears in 10 compound words: 20 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 40 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

xià
0.616116,108 co-occurrences
0.55759,580 co-occurrences
guǎn
0.54750,432 co-occurrences
0.51338,194 co-occurrences
zhèn
0.49316,452 co-occurrences
xiàn
0.47614,782 co-occurrences
xiāng
0.4535,748 co-occurrences
wéi
0.4415,372 co-occurrences
guī
0.4404,200 co-occurrences
fàn
0.4385,406 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le xiá zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "辖" in the dictionary.

中国新闻网·文化Jul 2026

审核通过的二类微短剧,由省、自治区、直市人民政府广播电视主管部门颁发批准文件。

shěn hé tōng guò de èr lèi wēi duǎn jù , yóu shěng , zì zhì qū , zhí xiá shì rén mín zhèng fǔ guǎng bō diàn shì zhǔ guǎn bù mén bān fā pī zhǔn wén jiàn .

Approved Category II micro-short dramas shall be issued approval documents by the competent authorities for radio and television of the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government.

爱范儿Jul 2026

相当于案子刚进行到起诉送达、法官确认管权和初步排期这一步。

xiāng dāng yú àn zǐ gāng jìn háng dào qǐ sù sòng dá , fǎ guān què rèn guǎn xiá quán hé chū bù pái qī zhè yī bù .

This is equivalent to the stage where the case has just reached the point of service of the complaint, the judge’s confirmation of jurisdiction, and the initial scheduling of a hearing.

中国新闻网·文化Jun 2026

淮南是“中国成语典故之城”和“二十四节气之城”,其下的寿县古称寿春,曾是楚国都城。

huái nán shì zhōng guó chéng yǔ diǎn gù zhī chéng hé èr shí sì jié qì zhī chéng , qí xià xiá de shòu xiàn gǔ chèn shòu chūn , céng shì chǔ guó dōu chéng .

Huainan is known as the “City of Chinese Idioms and Historical Anecdotes” and the “City of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.” Shouxian County, under its jurisdiction, was formerly known as Shouchun and once served as the capital of the State of Chu.

UdnnewsindexMar 2026

李逸洋感谢古屋圭司 痛批中国长臂管太荒谬

lǐ yì yáng gǎn xiè gǔ wū guī sī tòng pī zhōng guó cháng bì guǎn xiá tài huāng miù

Li Yiyang thanks Keiji Furuya and strongly criticizes China’s “long-arm jurisdiction” as absurd

TvbsFeb 2026

鱼潭翻船9岁童溺毙!傅崐萁:花莲无管权 轰中央卸责忙切割

yú tán fān chuán 9 suì tóng nì bì ! fù 崐 萁 : huā lián wú guǎn xiá quán hōng zhōng yāng xiè zé máng qiē gē

A 9-year-old child drowned in a boat capsized in Yutan! Fu Kunqi: Hualien has no jurisdiction and the central government is busy cutting

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 车 (cart) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced xiá

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 辖 (xiá) mean in Chinese?
辖 (xiá) primarily means "linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1632 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 辖 and 割?
辖 (xiá) and 割 (gē) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 车 vs 刂 (same 害 component).
How many strokes does 辖 have?
辖 is written with 14 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 辖?
The radical associated with 辖 is 车 (cart). This radical appears in many characters related to cart.
What are the components of 辖?
辖 is composed of: 车 (semantic), 害 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰车害 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 辖?
Common words with 辖 include: 管辖 (guǎn xiá, "to administer"); 辖区 (xiá qū, "administrative region"); 直辖市 (zhí xiá shì, "municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivi..."); 统辖 (tǒng xiá, "to govern"); 中央直辖市 (zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì, "municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivi..."). There are over 10 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 辖 (xiá)?
Several characters share the pronunciation xiá: 下 (down), 夏 (the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC), 侠 (knight-errant), 峡 (gorge), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 辖 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 辖 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.