漢字城 Kanji Fortress

車 car

Also: vehicle

On'yomi
シャ
Kun'yomi
くるま
Strokes
7
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
車 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Look down at a cart from above: a long axle running top to bottom, a boxy cargo bed in the middle, and wheels on either side — that flat little wagon is a car.

A common word

  • 電車 でんしゃ train

Example sentences

  • くるまでいきます。

    I'll go by car.

  • あのあかいくるまはちちのです。

    That red car is my father's.