南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé have nothing in common

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Traditional: 南轅北轍

Stroke order

南辕北辙 is written in 44 strokes across 4 characters.

南辕北辙 — the Chinese character for have nothing in common (nányuánběizhé), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 南辕北辙 — have nothing in common

南 — 9 strokes
辕 — 14 strokes
北 — 5 strokes
辙 — 16 strokes

Characters in 南辕北辙

南 nán — south
辕 yuán — shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
北 běi — north; (classical) to be defeated
辙 zhé — (coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

南辕北辙 is pronounced nányuánběizhé and means “have nothing in common”.

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