轍

轍 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+11 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 車+12 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 19 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 十十卜月大 (JJYBK), four-corner 5804₀, composition ⿲車育攵)

• 徹 撤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1248, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38524
• Dae Jaweon: page 1727, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3557, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8F4D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ded) : semantic 車 (“wagon”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed) – wagon tracks.

轍

1. wagon ruts; wheel tracks

   • 下視其轍，登軾而望之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     下视其辙，登轼而望之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xià shì qí zhé, dēng shì ér wàng zhī.

     He got down from the chariot to examine the enemy's wheel-tracks, then mounted the arm-rest of the chariot to look afar.

2. path
3. way; method

   沒轍／没辙  ―  méizhé  ―  have no recourse

   • 我謝謝您！我這兒正沒有轍呢！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     我谢谢您！我这儿正没有辙呢！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 1957, Lao She, Teahouse

     Wǒ xièxie nín! Wǒ zhèr zhèng méiyǒu zhé ne!

     Thank you! I was just worrying about having no way to do this!

4. rhyme

   合轍／合辙  ―  hézhé  ―  in rhyme

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation chè.

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: でち (dechi)^{←でち (deti, historical)}
• Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)^{←てつ (tetu, historical)}
• Kun: わだち (wadachi, 轍)

Compound of 輪 (wa, “wheel”) +‎ 立ち (tachi, “standing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 立つ tatsu, “to stand”, here in reference to the shape of the rut left standing after the passage of the wheel).^[1][2] The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) わだち (Heiban – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

轍(わだち) • (wadachi) 

1. a wheel furrow, track, or rut
   • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:

     雨(あめ)上(あ)がりの道(みち)に轍(わだち)ができる

     ameagari no michi ni wadachi ga dekiru

     The path after the rain has some ruts

From Middle Chinese 轍 (MC drjet, “wagon rut, wheel track”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading tia̍t.

• (Tokyo) てつ (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

轍(てつ) • (tetsu) 

1. a wheel furrow, track, or rut
2. another person's mistake, a prior example (generally negative)

轍 • (cheol) (hangeul 철, revised cheol, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏl, Yale chel)

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轍: Hán Nôm readings: triệt

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