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車

car
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingシャ
Kun readingくるま
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

電車自転車自動車汽車駐車場下車車庫車掌車輪乗車機関車風車

Radicals and components

Radical車cart

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

sun (日) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 304

Compound words

電車でんしゃ
train; electric train
自転車じてんしゃ
bicycle; bike
自動車じどうしゃ
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
汽車きしゃ
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
下車げしゃ
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
車庫しゃこ
garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn
車掌しゃしょう
(train) conductor
車輪しゃりん
(vehicle) wheel
乗車じょうしゃ
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
機関車きかんしゃ
locomotive; engine
貨車かしゃ
freight car; van
外車がいしゃ
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
客車きゃくしゃ
passenger car; passenger carriage
空車くうしゃ
empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)
号車ごうしゃ
suffix for train car numbers
歯車はぐるま
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
車検しゃけん
vehicle inspection
車軸しゃじく
axle
車種しゃしゅ
car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
車線しゃせん
traffic lane; road lane
車窓しゃそう
train window; car window
車体しゃたい
body (of car); frame
車道しゃどう
roadway; road; carriageway

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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