辖 (xiá) — (bound form) to have jurisdiction over, to administer
Definition
辖 (xiá) is a bound form meaning 'to have jurisdiction over,' always used as part of a compound (辖区, 直辖, 管辖) — never stands alone.
bound form
to have jurisdiction overto administer
Easily confused
Examples
- ？Zhè ge chéng shì guī nǎ ge shěng guǎn xiá?Which province does this city fall under the jurisdiction of?
- 。Shàng hǎi shì zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì.Shanghai is a municipality directly under the central government.
- 。Zhè ge pài chū suǒ xiá qū hěn dà.The jurisdiction area of this police station is very large.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 轄; 辖 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcart
Sound part声符shēngfú
害
害hài轄xiá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
The traditional form 轄 combines 車 (cart) with 害 for its sound, referring to a linchpin; the simplified 辖 is a later abbreviation.
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