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How do you read 轍 in Japanese?
Wheel tracks left on a road.
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Give the native Japanese reading for tracks left by wheels.
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Grooves left by wheels on a dirt road. Three hiragana beginning with wa.
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Describe the shapes you see
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vehicle radical with 育 and 攵
車 beside the right part of 撤
vehicle radical 19 strokes wheel tracks
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轍: 19 strokes; radical 車 (vehicle). Distinguish informal descriptions of the shape from the dictionary radical.
轍19 strokes / radical: 車 (vehicle)
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The answer is
わだち
wadachi
轍
Understand the meaning
English translationWheel tracks / ruts
Ruts or tracks made by wheels, visible in soft ground or snow after a vehicle has passed.
See it in a sentence
雨上がりの道には、深い轍が二本続いていた。Two deep wheel ruts ran along the road after the rain.
A way to remember
Look for the vehicle radical. Wadachi is the native reading; tetsu is the on-reading.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 轍
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Describe evidence of passing wheels
Use phrases such as 轍が残る, tracks remain, or 轍をたどる, follow the ruts. The vehicle can be absent while its tracks tell the reader that someone passed earlier.
例：新しい雪の上に残った轍をたどると、小屋の前に着いた。
Following the wheel tracks in fresh snow brought me to the cabin.
Distinguish wheel tracks from footprints
轍 specifically points to wheel marks, rather than footprints left by a walker. It directs attention to grooves on a road, not to the road as a whole.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 轍
Explanation checked on 2026-10-25. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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