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

辖 (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 车 (semantic) and 害 (phonetic). It ranks #1632 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 辖 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).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 车 cart14 strokesFrequency #1632车 semantic害 phonetic

Definitions

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

Etymology & Origin

辖

pictophoneticcart

Decomposition: ⿰车害 (layout: left-right)

Components:车semantic害phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
管辖guǎn xiáto administer
辖区xiá qūadministrative region
直辖市zhí xiá shìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivi...
统辖tǒng xiáto govern
中央直辖市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...
市辖区shì xiá qūcity district (a county-level administrative unit under prefecture-level cities, or sub-prefecture-level under sub-pr...
下辖xià xiáto administer
省辖市shěng xiá shìprovincial city
辖制xiá zhìto control
直辖zhí xiáto govern directly
10
Total compounds
20
As first character
40
As last character
40
As middle character

辖 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 辖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

下xià
0.625348,324 co-occurrences
管guǎn
0.601151,272 co-occurrences
个gè
0.565178,740 co-occurrences
区qū
0.521114,582 co-occurrences
镇zhèn
0.50049,356 co-occurrences
县xiàn
0.48344,346 co-occurrences
乡xiāng
0.46017,244 co-occurrences
围wéi
0.44716,116 co-occurrences
归guī
0.44612,600 co-occurrences
范fàn
0.44416,218 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了辖字的详细解释。

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.

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李逸洋感谢古屋圭司 痛批中国长臂管辖太荒谬

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

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鱼潭翻船9岁童溺毙!傅崐萁:花莲无管辖权 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

车 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cart radical

辈bèi辐fú辅fǔ轨guǐ辑jí较jiào轮lún轻qīng软ruǎn输shū

Related Characters

车chē轻qīng辆liàng转zhuǎn较jiào输shū轮lún载zài软ruǎn辅fǔ

Homophones — Characters pronounced xiá

厦xià虾xiā瞎xiā侠xiá峡xiá狭xiá霞xiá下xià

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: 厦 (abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian), 虾 (shrimp), 瞎 (blind), 侠 (knight-errant), 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.