四輪車

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
四	輪	車
よん Grade: 1	りん Grade: 4	しゃ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Compound of 四輪 (yonrin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) +‎ 車 (-sha, “vehicle, car”).

First cited to 1881.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よんり​んしゃ [yòńríꜜǹshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jõ̞nɾʲĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

四(よん)輪(りん)車(しゃ) • (yonrinsha) 

1. [from 1881] a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car

Synonyms

• 自動車(じどうしゃ) (jidōsha)
• 乗用車(じょうようしゃ) (jōyōsha)
• 車(くるま) (kuruma)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
四	輪	車
し Grade: 1	りん Grade: 4	しゃ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Compound of 四輪 (shirin, “four wheels, four-wheeled”) +‎ 車 (-sha, “vehicle, car”).

First cited to roughly 1810. This reading appears to have been largely replaced by yonrinsha, possibly due to the Buddhist connotations of the shirin reading for 四輪 in reference to the four wheels holding up the world.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

四(し)輪(りん)車(しゃ) • (shirinsha) 

1. [from 1810] a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	輪	車

Noun

四輪車 • (saryuncha) (hangeul 사륜차)

1. Hanja form^? of 사륜차 (“a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car”).