Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 7
車 car, vehicle
- Meaning
- car, vehicle
- On reading
- シャ
- Kun reading
- くるま
Memory hook
A cart seen from above, axle running through the wheels. シャ in compounds, くるま on its own. 電車 densha, a train.
Words that use 車
車
くるま
car
電車
でんしゃ
train
How to write 車
Stroke order · 7 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
- 1. Horizontal.
- 2. Vertical.
- 3. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 4 to 6. Horizontal.
- 7. Vertical.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
車 is taught on day 29 of the kanji course, alongside 道 社 電, with two writing passes and a short quiz.