車轅

车辕
chēyuán
shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body

CEDICT

shaft (of a cart, etc.)

Wiktionary

大車前部駕在牲口兩邊的木頭，用以連接車軸。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 車 chē
  1. car
  2. vehicle
  3. machine
  4. to shape with a lathe
  5. Kangxi radical 159

classifier: 輛
2 轅 yuán
  1. shaft of a cart or carriage
  2. (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office