JLPT level N5
Kanji 車 — "Car"
Here is what 車 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Car" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
しゃ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
くるま
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
車 Car
車 Car
The story
No tricks — Car is car, same as the component!
- 車 Car
It's the shape of Car wheels that are spinning round and round.
Words that use 車
12 of 23 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 車 くるま car
- 救急車 きゅうきゅうしゃ ambulance
- 電車 でんしゃ train
- 自転車 じてんしゃ bicycle
- 駐車場 ちゅうしゃじょう parking lot
- 列車 れっしゃ train (ordinary)
- 自動車 じどうしゃ automobile
- 汽車 きしゃ train (steam)
- 発車 はっしゃ departure of a vehicle
- 歯車 はぐるま gear, cog-wheel
- 乗車 じょうしゃ boarding, riding in a vehicle
- 車庫 しゃこ garage, car shed
Want 車 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
