车

2 readings · tap one to hear it

car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

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

Components 七十

car · Heisig RSH #300

— as a component also called: car, cart, wagon, vehicle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上车	shàng chē	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
下车	xià chē	to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
开车	kāi chē	to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok…
打车	dǎ chē	to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
火车	huǒ chē	train; CL:列[lie4],節\|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
车票	chē piào	ticket for a bus or train
车站	chē zhàn	rail station; bus stop; CL:處\|处[chu4],個\|个[ge4]
汽车	qì chē	car; automobile; bus; CL:輛\|辆[liang4]
山地自行车	shān dì zì xíng chē	mountain bike
山地车	shān dì chē	mountain bike
车子	chē zi	car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
自动车	zì dòng chē	automobile
人力车	rén lì chē	rickshaw
自行车	zì xíng chē	bicycle; bike; CL:輛\|辆[liang4]
机动车	jī dòng chē	motor vehicle
天车	tiān chē	gantry traveling crane
车马	chē mǎ	vehicles and horses
马车	mǎ chē	cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
手拉车	shǒu lā chē	cart
小车	xiǎo chē	small model car; mini-car; small horse-cart; barrow; wheelbarrow; type of folk dance

These characters use 车 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
车 sound part	chē	cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
斩	zhǎn	to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
砗	chē	giant clam, Tridacna gigas
厍	shè	surname