車

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/車
 * 俥, 唓, 𡌄, 𡝀, 𡷖, 𢚷, 捙, 𣵐, 陣, 連, 𣒞, 𤉖, 𤥭, 𪨑, 硨, 𦀺, 蛼, 𫌼, 𬦲, 𩳛, 𬵒
 * 軋, 𠜥, 𠜒, 𨊴, 軙, 𨛩, 斬, 𤭔, 𩒷, 軍, 𰃚, 莗, 𭶼, 𫁿, 𫅨, 𠣞, 𣫂, 厙, 庫, 㾝, 𪋀, 閳, 𪢫

Glyph origin
– originally a carriage seen from above. In the oracle bone script, there were large wheels on both sides and a sun shade on the top. Later, when Chinese characters were written vertically, the wheels on both sides were simply drawn in strokes and the loading area was marked with a. Therefore, it is important to understand that the current character, is a vertical depiction of a carriage.

Note that and  are not derived from.

Etymology
Perhaps a loan from an language because the horse and chariot were introduced into China around 1200 BC from Inner Asia; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. An older variant survives in Mandarin. Alternatively, the word is a derivation by k-prefix from ; compare the semantic parallel in 🇨🇬 (<to support; to carry; to lift).

Pronunciations 1 and 2 are cognate. A similar phonological doublet is and. Pronunciation 2 is traditionally regarded as the older pronunciation.

The sense of lewd content is derived from.

Definitions



 * 1)  land vehicle;  car
 * 2) wheeled device, appliance, instrument or apparatus
 * 3) machine; rig; engine; motor; locomotive; tractor; truck; lorry
 * 4)  driving ; driving skills
 * 5) to lathe
 * 6) to lift water using a
 * 7)  to transport using a vehicle
 * 8) to tailor or sew using a sewing machine
 * 9)  to hit violently
 * 10)  to turn (one's body, etc.)
 * 11)  to rotate; to turn
 * 12)  pornography; lewd content
 * 1)  driving ; driving skills
 * 2) to lathe
 * 3) to lift water using a
 * 4)  to transport using a vehicle
 * 5) to tailor or sew using a sewing machine
 * 6)  to hit violently
 * 7)  to turn (one's body, etc.)
 * 8)  to rotate; to turn
 * 9)  pornography; lewd content
 * 1)  to turn (one's body, etc.)
 * 2)  to rotate; to turn
 * 3)  pornography; lewd content

Usage notes

 * is a collective term for all types of vehicles with wheel(s). Additional morphemes are added in front to specify the type of the vehicle. For example:

Definitions



 * 1)  chariot; rook
 * 2)  rook

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) vehicle

Etymology 1
From.

Affix

 * 1) vehicle
 * 2) train car
 * 1) train car

Etymology 2
From. Appears in the  completed some time after 759, with the ideographic spelling 車.

Assuming an initial meaning of, may be a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart
 * 2) a wheel, a caster
 * 3) something wheel-shaped
 * 4) a style of
 * 5) short for various terms:
 * 6)  (kuruma ebi): a prawn
 * 7)  (kuruma-gakari): “wheel formation”, a battle tactic where units attack in staged waves in order to prevent the opponent from resting
 * 8)  (kata-guruma): riding on one's shoulders, piggyback
 * 9)  (te-guruma): a handcart, a wheelbarrow
 * 10)  (kuruma za): sitting in a circle
 * 11)  during the, in the red-light district in , a prostitute whose services cost four  and three  (possibly in reference to the cost of a carriage ride)

Etymology 1
From.

Usage notes
This reading is used as a standalone word to mean "car."

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) car
 * 2) wheel

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) car
 * 2) wheel

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) car
 * 2) wheel

Han character

 * 1) a car
 * 2) (xiangqi) any piece labeled with 車; the chariot/rook.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) car
 * 2) wheel

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) car
 * 2) wheel