車 — car, vehicle, wheel | My Kanji

くるま車 car

U+8ECA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 5 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 5 level. Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes 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

word

くるま 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

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).

自(じ) 動(どう) 車(しゃ) jidousha automobile 自(じ) 転(てん) 車(しゃ) jitensha bicycle 駐(ちゅう) 車(しゃ) chuusha parking 列(れっ) 車(しゃ) ressha train 汽(き) 車(しゃ) kisha steam train 車(しゃ) 両(りょう) sharyou rolling stock 電(でん) 車(しゃ) densha electric train 車(しゃ) 内(ない) shanai inside a vehicle 水(すい) 車(しゃ) suisha water wheel 車(しゃ) 道(どう) shadou roadway

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