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

17 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
control, wedge
Kun:
くさび
On:
カツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1771 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 直轄 【チョッカツ】 direct control, direct supervision
  • 車轄 【シャカツ】 linchpin

Kun reading compounds

  • 楔 【くさび】 wedge, chock, linchpin, lynchpin, tie, bond

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia2
Korean:
hal

Spanish

  • control
  • dirección

Portuguese

  • controlar
  • cunha

French

  • contrôle
  • cale (coin)
1090 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1791 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4636 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1553 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1802 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1186 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1245 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1590 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1783 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38482P Morohashi
1627 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5981 New Nelson (John Haig)
1552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1672 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1886 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1577 2001 Kanji
7c10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
5306.1 Four corner code
1-19-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f44 Unicode hex code