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Kanji Detail for 車 - "vehicle, car, wheel"

  • Meaning

    車 means "vehicle, car, wheel."

    1. Vehicle - A conveyance that moves by rotating wheels.

    2. Rickshaw - A human-powered or motorized vehicle.

    3. Wheel - A rotating disc with an axle at the center.

    4. Gums - The flesh surrounding the base of the teeth.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    car

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Che

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cart, vehicle; to move in a cart

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A device for traveling on land. Two wheels with an axle through the center. Above the axle is the carriage body. The body carries the load. The wheels make it move. In ancient times, mostly pulled by human or animal power. Today also replaced by machinery, such as 火車 (train), 電車 (streetcar). | The jawbone. Such as saying 輔車相依 (cheek and jawbone depend on each other). From "Zuozhuan." Meaning the cheek flesh and jawbone rely on each other. | Devices that use rotation to assist human power are often called 車. Such as 水車 (water wheel), 紡車 (spinning wheel). Commonly, using machinery to make something round is also called 車.
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Sentences including

  • I do not know how to drive a car.

  • Could you tell me where i can get a train?

  • The train is twenty minutes behind time.

  • She doesn't know how to drive a car.

  • This is the same car as i have.

  • His train arrives at five this evening.

  • There is a large number of people and cars in that street.

  • Will the train leave on time?

  • The train has already left.

  • My father couldn't afford a car , when he was young.

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