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Kotomora

車

car

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 500Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • シャ

Kun'yomi

  • くるま

Nanori

  • くら
  • くろま

Meaning

車 centers on a wheeled vehicle: a car, cart, or anything that rolls on wheels.

Most common words using 車

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  • 車くるま
    N5

    car; automobile; vehicle

  • 電車でんしゃ
    N5

    train; electric train

  • 自動車じどうしゃ
    N5

    car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

  • 自転車じてんしゃ
    N5

    bicycle; bike

  • 車両しゃりょう
    N1

    (wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock

  • 列車れっしゃ
    N3

    train; railway train

  • 駐車ちゅうしゃ
    N3

    parking (a vehicle)

  • 戦車せんしゃ
    N1

    tank (military vehicle)

  • 車内しゃない
    N1

    inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

  • 乗車じょうしゃ
    N3

    boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)

  • 車種しゃしゅ

    car model

  • 停車ていしゃ
    N3

    stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

  • 発車はっしゃ
    N3

    departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

  • 車椅子くるまいす
    N1

    wheelchair

  • 車線しゃせん

    traffic lane; road lane

  • 車体しゃたい

    body (of car); frame

  • 車輪しゃりん
    N2

    (vehicle) wheel

  • 馬車ばしゃ

    coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

  • 号車ごうしゃ

    suffix for train car numbers

  • 新車しんしゃ
    N3

    new car

  • 下車げしゃ
    N3

    alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

  • 車庫しゃこ
    N2

    garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn

  • 車道しゃどう
    N1

    roadway; road; carriageway

  • 軽自動車けいじどうしゃ

    light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car

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Etymology

車 is a pictograph of a cart or chariot seen from above, with the central vertical line representing the axle and the horizontal strokes the wheels and body.

Meaning mnemonic

The horizontal strokes are the wheels, the central vertical line is the axle, and the box in the middle is the body: 車 is a car.

Reading mnemonic

For シャ, imagine a shiny new car: shiny -> シャ, and the car gleams under the sun.