車

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Usage notes 3.1.3 Compounds 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.4 Pronunciation 5.5 Noun 5.5.1 Compounds 5.5.2 Related terms 5.6 References 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

It is derived from a pictogram of a carriage seen from above, with the long vertical stroke representing the axle, the central square representing the body of the carriage, and the top and bottom horizontal lines representing the wheels.

[edit] Han character

車 (radical 159 車+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十田十 (JWJ), four-corner 5000₆)

1. cart, vehicle
2. carry in cart

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1239, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38172
• Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3511, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8ECA

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

車 (simplified 车, Yale che1, geui1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

車 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: しゃ (sha), きょ (kyo)
• Kun: くるま (kuruma)

[edit] Usage notes

Its kun reading may be used alone as a word. Its on reading is mainly used in many compounds like 電車 (でんしゃ densha) - train, and 自転車 (じてんしゃ jitensha) - bicycle.

[edit] Compounds

• 車輪 (しゃりん, sharin)
• 新車
• 自転車
• 電車

[edit] Noun

車 (counter 台, hiragana くるま, romaji kuruma)

1. a car; an automobile; a carriage; a cart
2. a wheel; a caster

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

車
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 차, 거 (revised: cha, geo, McCune-Reischauer: ch'a, kŏ, Yale: cha, ke)

• Name (hangeul): 수레()

1. (수레 차, sure-): cart; wheeled machinery

[edit] Compounds

• 汽車 (기차, gicha) train
• 自動車 (자동차, jadongcha) car, automobile
• 自轉車 (자전거, jajeongeo) bicycle
• 電車 (전차, jeoncha) electric train, tramcar
• 戰車 (전차, jeoncha) tank
• 風車 (풍차, pungcha) windmill

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

車 (simplified 车, pinyin chē (che1), Wade-Giles ch'e¹, Yale che)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tʂʰə˥˥ ]

[edit] Noun

車 (traditional, Pinyin chē, simplified 车)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) vehicle; car
2. (Beginning Mandarin) machine; instrument

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tɕy˥˥ ]

[edit] Noun

車 (traditional, Pinyin jū, simplified 车)

1. the black chariot/rook in Chinese chess

[edit] Compounds

• 車費
• 車輛

[edit] Related terms

• 俥

[edit] References

• "車 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-05.
• (2007) Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin). Hong Kong: Commercial Press. ISBN 9789620702778.

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: []

[edit] Noun

車 (traditional, POJ chhia)

1. overturn, push over, tip over; ship (via vehicle); sew (with a machine); bore (holes); wheeled vehicle;

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

車 (xa, xe, xơ, se, xế)