Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
car
Kun:
くるま
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
333 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 車 【シャ】 car, vehicle, van, truck, wagon, lorry, (train) car, carriage
  • 車検 【シャケン】 vehicle inspection
  • 軽自動車 【ケイジドウシャ】 light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car
  • 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie

Kun reading compounds

  • 車 【くるま】 car, automobile, vehicle, wheel, castor, caster
  • 車椅子 【くるまいす】 wheelchair
  • 火の車 【ひのくるま】 fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell), desperate financial situation, dire straits

Readings

Japanese names:
くら、 くろま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
che1, ju1
Korean:
cha, geo

Spanish

  • coche
  • vehículo
  • rueda

Portuguese

  • carro

French

  • véhicule
  • voiture
88 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
63 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
31 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
162 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
54 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
91 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
532 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
133 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
292 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38172 Morohashi
3552 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5939 New Nelson (John Haig)
286 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
304 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
64 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
7c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-28-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8eca Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
ride, board, get on, place, spread, 10**44, record, publish
Kun:
の.せるの.る
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
825 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 載 【サイ】 10^44, hundred tredecillion
  • 採録 【サイロク】 recording, transcription
  • 積載 【セキサイ】 loading, carrying
  • 登載 【トウサイ】 running (an article), carrying, printing, publication, registration, record, listing, inclusion (on a list)

Kun reading compounds

  • 乗せる 【のせる】 to place on (something), to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board, to load (luggage), to carry, to take on board, to send out (on the airwaves, etc.), to deceive, to take for a ride, to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment), to let (someone) take part, to excite (someone), to publish (an article), to run (an ad)
  • 載る 【のる】 to be placed on, to be set on, to be piled on, to be loaded on, to appear (in print), to be mentioned, to be recorded, to be reported, to be given

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai4, zai3
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • poner sobre
  • llevar (en coche
  • etc.)
  • salir en el periódico
  • un año

Portuguese

  • carga
  • multiplicação
  • força
  • 10 elevado a 44

French

  • charger
  • embarquer
  • monter dans
  • placer
  • étaler
  • 10**44
1295 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1038 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
789 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1257 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1799 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2050 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1124 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1176 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1307 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1778 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4091 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
365 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38309 Morohashi
3300 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5960 New Nelson (John Haig)
359 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
383 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1675 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
7c6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-7 SKIP code
4-13-4 SKIP code
4355.0 Four corner code
1-26-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f09 Unicode hex code