车 chē

car; vehicle; CL:辆; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159

HSK 14 strokesTrad. 車

Stroke order animation

车 · 4 strokes

4 strokes

Each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

Pictograph⿻七十

Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above

A drawing of the thing it names.

Traditional form 車: A cart with two wheels, seen from above

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huǒ chētrain

kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc)

chū zū chētaxi

chē zhànrail station

dǎ chēto take a taxi (in town)

gōng jiāo chēpublic transport vehicle

qì chēcar

zì xíng chēbicycle; bike

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