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車 — car; vehicle (JLPT N5 kanji)

car; vehicle

 

7 strokesgrade 1 (Japan)JLPT N5very common

Stroke order

Readings

On’yomi (Chinese-derived)
Kun’yomi (native Japanese)

Meanings

carvehicle

Words with 車

car
train; electric train

Appears in these kanji

connect
army
carry; luck
turn; roll
transport
strike
wheel; ring
light in weight
load; publish
military camp; formation
storage
wave; wield
model; example
for a short time
compare
shine
axis; axle
soft

In the vocabulary

That’s a car too.

How to remember it

Imagine a cart seen from above: a central axle runs through its body, with a wide bar at either end.