車

See also: 车 and 倝

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		车
trad.		車

Etymology

Ideogram (指事): 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.

Note that 倝 (as in left part of 朝) is not derived from 車..

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

Derived terms

• Index:Chinese radical/車
• 庫

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

車 (simplified 车, Jyutping ce1, geoi1, Yale che1, geui1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

車 (POJ chha, Guangdong tsh'a¹, Hagfa Pinyim ca1, gi1)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

車

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. vehicle

Readings

• Goon: しゃ (sha), こ (ko) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゃ (sha), きょ (kyo) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: くるま (kuruma)

Usage notes

Its kun reading may be used on its own 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”.

Compounds

• 車輪 (しゃりん, sharin)
• 新車
• 自転車
• 電車

Pronunciation

• Standard Accent: くるま (Heiban)

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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Korean

Hanja

車 (cha, geo)
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

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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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 車費 (chēfèi, “fare”)
• 車輛 (chēliàng, “vehicle, car”)
• 滑板車 (huábǎnchē, “scooter”)
• 滑行車 (huáxíngchē, “scooter”)
• 機車 (jīchē, “motor scooter”)
• 庫車
• 摩托車 (mótuōchē, “motorcycle, motorbike”)
• 摩托自行車 (mótuō zìxíngchē, “moped”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin chē Zhuyin ㄔㄜ IPA (key) /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

車 (traditional, Pinyin chē, simplified 车)

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

Usage notes

• 車/车 is a collective term for all types of vehicles with wheel(s). Prefix is added to specify the type of the vehicle. Here are some examples:

  公共汽車 (bus), 計程車 / 出租車 (taxi), 火車 (train), 自行車 / 腳踏車 (bicycle), 貨車 (lorry), 卡車 (truck)

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin jū Zhuyin ㄐㄩ IPA (key) /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Noun

車 (traditional, Pinyin jū, simplified 车)

1. the black chariot/rook in Chinese chess

車

Related terms

• 俥

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Min Nan

Hanzi

車 (POJ ki (ki¹), ku (ku¹), chhia (chhia¹), TLPA ki (ki¹), ku (ku¹), tshia (tshia¹))

Noun

車 (traditional, POJ chhia, traditional 車)

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

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

車 (xa, xe, xơ, se, xế, thạch)