【車】(sha, kuruma/ car, wheel) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 車.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・しゃ　sha

For example,
・水車　すいしゃ　sui-sha
It means water turbine

・風車　ふうしゃ　fuu-sha
It means windmill

・自動車　じどうしゃ　ji-dou-sha
It means automobile, car
トヨタ自動車　toyota ji-dou-sha
Toyota Motor Corporation

・自転車　じてんしゃ　ji-ten-sha
It means bicycle

・一輪車　いちりんしゃ　ichi-rin-sha
It means monocycle

・人力車　じんりきしゃ　jin-riki-sha
It means rickshaw

・馬車　ばしゃ　ba-sha
It means wagon

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is
・くるま　kuruma

For example,
・車　くるま　kuruma
It means car

and so on.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.
This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "車".
This kanji is used in the next meanings
・car
・wheel

Radical

And the radical of this character is 車　kuruma
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family names.
・車谷　くるまたに　Kurumatani
・六車　むぐるま　Muguruma

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 車

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 車
・車屋 紳太郎　くるまやしんたろう　Kurumaya Shintarou
He is a soccer player. He is a former national team player.

Look-alikes

Here are some kanji that are similar to 車
There is no particular kanji that resembles the kanji character for "車".
・東　とう、ひがし　tou, higashi
It means East

Containing its kanji

Here are some kanji that contain character 車 in their composition
・軍　ぐん　gun
It means army

・庫　こ　ko
It means garage

・連　れん、つら-なる　ren, tsura-naru
It means continuous

・運　うん、はこ-ぶ　un, hako-bu
It means carry

・軌　き　ki
It means track

・転　てん、ころ-ぶ　ten, koro-bu
It means rolling

・軽　けい、かる-い　kei, karu-i
It means light (not heavy)

・軸　じく　jiku
It means shaft

・輪　りん、わ　rin, wa
It means ring

・輸　ゆ　yu
It means transportation

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