車 – car

7 strokesTaught in grade 1#333 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 車 means car. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ (sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くるま (kuruma). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 車 (no. 159).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	くるま	kuruma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 車 (Kangxi radical 159).

Words using 車

車くるまcar電車でんしゃtrain自転車じてんしゃbicycle自動車じどうしゃcar汽車きしゃsteam locomotive駐車場ちゅうしゃじょうparking lot列車れっしゃtrain駐車ちゅうしゃparking (a vehicle)発車はっしゃdeparture (of a train, car, etc.)下車げしゃalighting (from a train, bus, etc.)車庫しゃこgarage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.)停車ていしゃstopping (of a train, car, etc.)歯車はぐるまgear機関車きかんしゃlocomotive車しゃcar風車ふうしゃwindmill

Example sentences

車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。

You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.

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あなたは始発電車に間にあいましたか。

Did you catch the first train?

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ケンは自転車を白く塗りました。

Ken painted his bicycle white.

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Kanji with the same radical

軍転輸輪軽載較輝軸軟輩軒軌

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