車 — car, vehicle, wheel

くるま車 car

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes transport

U+8ECA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #333 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #286 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #159

Meanings

car
vehicle
wheel

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くるま・ぐるま kuruma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

車(くるま) kuruma car 糸(いと) 車(ぐるま) itoguruma spinning wheel 車(くるま) 椅(い) 子(す) kurumaisu wheelchair

しゃ sha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

下(げ) 車(しゃ) gesha alighting 水(すい) 車(しゃ) suisha water wheel 汽(き) 車(しゃ) kisha steam train 電(でん) 車(しゃ) densha electric train 車(しゃ) 内(ない) shanai inside a vehicle 車(しゃ) 線(せん) shasen traffic lane 新(しん) 車(しゃ) shinsha new car 風(ふう) 車(しゃ) fuusha windmill

Stroke order

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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

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てん転 revolve かるい軽 lightly こ庫 warehouse れん連 take along ぐん軍 army わ輪 wheel ゆ輸 transport うつ撃 beat のる載 ride じん陣 camp

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#159 車 car

車 — car, vehicle, wheel

Meanings

word

くるま・ぐるま kuruma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゃ sha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (19)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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車 — car, vehicle, wheel

Meanings

word

くるま ・ぐるま kuruma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゃ sha On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (19)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

くるま・ぐるま kuruma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).