Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 7

車

Meaning in English

car, véhicule, voiture

Readings

Onyomi: シャ Kunyomi: くるま Romaji: sha / kuruma

Stroke order

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車

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese carro, veículo, voiture

Spanish coche, vehículo, coche

Korean car, véhicule, voiture

French voiture, véhicule, voiture

Italian car, véhicule, voiture

German Auto, Fahrzeug, Voiture

Indonesian mobil, véhicule, voiture

★ Vietnamese xe hơi, véhicule, voiture

Thai รถยนต์, ยานพาหนะ, voiture

Related kanji

N1 輔 ho, fu / tasu.keru help, ayudar N2 輪 rin / wa wheel, ring, circle N1 輝 ki / kagaya.ku radiance, shine, sparkle N1 輩 hai / -bara, yakara, yakai, tomogara comrade, fellow, people N2 輸 yu, shu transport, send, be inferior N1 轄 katsu / kusabi control, wedge, contrôle

Words with this kanji

N1 風車 fuusha windmill N2 ～車～sha ~ car N2 機関車 kikansha locomotive, engine N2 下車 gesha alighting, getting off N2 車庫 shako garage, car shed N2 車掌 shashou (train) conductor N2 車輪 sharin (car) wheel N2 乗車 jousha taking a train, entraining N2 停車 teisha stopping (e.g., train)

Sentences with this kanji

N5 電車が止まったから遅れたというわけだ Densha ga tomatta kara okureta to iu wake da The train stopped so that is why I was late N4 電車が遅れたせいで会議に間に合わなかった Densha ga okureta sei de kaigi ni maniawanakatta Because the train was late I missed the meeting N5 電車に乗り遅れてしまいました。 Densha ni noriokurete shimaimashita. I missed the train accidentally. N5 事故のため電車が遅れました。 Jiko no tame densha ga okuremashita. The train was delayed because of an accident. N5 車の代わりに電車で行きます。 Kuruma no kawari ni densha de ikimasu. I will go by train instead of by car. N3 電車が遅れていたのに意外と早く着いて助かったよ Densha ga okurete ita noni igai to hayaku tsuite tasukatta yo Even though the train was late I arrived earlier than expected and it helped N4 もう少しで電車に乗り遅れるところだった Mou sukoshi de densha ni noriokureru tokoro datta I almost missed the train N5 あれは車です。 Are wa kuruma desu. That is a car over there. N5 私は車を持っています。 Watashi wa kuruma o motte imasu. I have a car.