What does the kanji 車 mean?

The kanji 車 (kuruma) means "car, wheel". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "kuruma"?

"kuruma" is written with the kanji 車, meaning "car, wheel". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) しゃ (sha), kunyomi (native Japanese) くるま (kuruma). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 車?

Write 車 ("car") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 車?

車 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) しゃ (sha), kunyomi (native Japanese) くるま (kuruma).

車“car” Kanjikuruma / sha

JLPT N5

How to write 車

車 (car) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

car, wheel

Onyomi (音読み)

しゃ sha

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

くるま kuruma

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 車

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

先生せんせいの車くるまはどこにありますか。
Where is the teacher's car?
車 (くるま)
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ボストン行いきの電車でんしゃは何なん時じに出でますか。
What time does the train for Boston leave?
電車 (でんしゃ)
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バスは発車はっしゃしようとしていた。
The bus was about to start.
発車 (はっしゃ)
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Read 車 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.