Question

車 くるま car 5 333 7 159 くるま・くるまへん 象形 Pictographic My car is so fast it can go through ten rice fields in ten minutes.

Accepted Answer

シャ くら, くろま 自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile車(くるま): (1) car; automobile; vehicle (2) wheel下車(げしゃ): alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle電車(でんしゃ): (electric) train列車(れっしゃ): train (ordinary)駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place車庫(しゃこ): garage; car shed; carport駐車(ちゅうしゃ): parking (e.g. car)乗車(じょうしゃ): taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining車掌(しゃしょう): (train) conductor車輪(しゃりん): (car) wheel停車(ていしゃ): stopping (e.g. train)歯車(はぐるま): gear; cog-wheel汽車(きしゃ): train (steam)機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle風車(かざぐるま): (1) pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy) (2) windmill (3) Clematis patens (species of climbing plant) 1 車: cart, car, car radical (no. 159) 車 7 (none) car Rather than hobbling along with a walking stick to cross through a span, it´s much better to use a car. (Imagine an old man with a walking stick creeping along a span of road, and you, in a car, whizzing right by him. It´s funny ´cause it´s true.) Also, it´s important to include the word "through," so you know the walking stick goes right THROUGH the span.

Kanji	車
Onyomi	シャ
Kunyomi	くるま
Nanori	くら, くろま
English	car
Examples	自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile 車(くるま): (1) car; automobile; vehicle (2) wheel 下車(げしゃ): alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off 自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle 電車(でんしゃ): (electric) train 列車(れっしゃ): train (ordinary) 駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place 車庫(しゃこ): garage; car shed; carport 駐車(ちゅうしゃ): parking (e.g. car) 乗車(じょうしゃ): taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining 車掌(しゃしょう): (train) conductor 車輪(しゃりん): (car) wheel 停車(ていしゃ): stopping (e.g. train) 歯車(はぐるま): gear; cog-wheel 汽車(きしゃ): train (steam) 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine 発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle 風車(かざぐるま): (1) pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy) (2) windmill (3) Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	333
Components	車: cart, car, car radical (no. 159)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	車
Radical Number	159
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	くるま・くるまへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	car
Koohii Story 1	My car is so fast it can go through ten rice fields in ten minutes.
Koohii Story 2	Rather than hobbling along with a walking stick to cross through a span, it´s much better to use a car. (Imagine an old man with a walking stick creeping along a span of road, and you, in a car, whizzing right by him. It´s funny ´cause it´s true.) Also, it´s important to include the word "through," so you know the walking stick goes right THROUGH the span.

Car It´S Train Parking Walking Stick 車 Vehicle