軸 Axis

Radical Combination

• 車

  Car
• 由

  Reason

Meaning

Primary

Axis

Alternative

Axle

Mnemonic

For a car, the reason why it works is because its wheels spin on their axis. That is, they have axles.

Hints

Imagine a car whose wheels don't turn on their axis. It has no axles. Not a car that will work too well.

Readings

On’yomi

じく

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your friend's car doesn't have axles, but he loves it anyway. He's all like, "Isn't this a cool car?" You reply: "Gee, cool" (じく) very sarcastically.

Hints

You're super sarcastic about this, so feel the sarcasm inside of you when you imagine this.