Han character 軭

It describes a crooked wheel; Cantonese also uses it for failure.

The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary, glosses 軭 as a wheel gone crooked. Its analysis pairs 車, “vehicle,” with 匡 as a sound-bearing component, giving the character a concrete wheel sense.

As of October 2026, Cantonese references record 軭 for “fail” or “malfunction.” 軭咗 describes something that failed; 搞軭 means making something go wrong. These are Cantonese uses, not a general Mandarin reading.

Can I send 軭 by itself?

Only if the recipient knows this Cantonese spelling.

A dictionary quotation can point to the crooked-wheel sense, while a Cantonese message can use the failure sense. The surrounding words tell you which reading fits.

A bare character gives little help to someone who does not know this written word. If your audience may not recognize it, include the rest of the phrase so the intended failure is clear.

Why does 軭 show as a box?

A missing square means the font cannot draw the character.

The outline comes from a font for Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text. Different fonts can use small regional stroke differences for the same Han character; an empty box means the available font lacks a glyph.