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車
car · vehicle · wheel
N5On: しゃKun: くるま
Memory Aid
The kanji 車 is a pictograph of a wheel or an old cart seen from above, showing the axle and spokes. You can clearly see the two wheels on the sides, connected by an axle, and the central part representing the body of the vehicle.
'Kuruma' — sounds like 'COOL RIDE, MA!' when you see a cool CAR.
Vocabulary
車くるまcar
電車でんしゃtrain
自転車じてんしゃbicycle
自動車じどうしゃautomobile
列車れっしゃtrain, railway carriage
Example Sentences
私は車で行きます。
I go by car.
これは新しい車です。
This is a new car.
電車に乗ります。
I ride the train.
自転車で学校に行きます。
I go to school by bicycle.