What 轙 means
It means a rein ring; older texts also use “carriage.”
Finds from China’s Warring States period include chariot rings; a bronze pair survives from the Western Han dynasty. The Eastern Han Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi records the fitting sense. Han-era word explanations also use 轙 for a carriage about to leave.
Historical and technical, suited to classical-text reading.
Questions people ask
1Why does 轙 look different across fonts?
Han fonts can vary in stroke details. A Japanese character reference labels 轙 environment-dependent as of 2026; variation alone does not mean the text contains a different character.
How to type 轙
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8F59, then Alt+X to get 轙.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-8f59”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8f59, then Enter or Space.
HTML
轙CSS
\8F59Cangjie input for 轙
Enter JJTGI if your installed Cangjie layout includes this entry.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
轙
HTML hex
轙
CSS content
content: "\8F59";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%BD%99
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.