How to write 车 (chē, “car”)
车, an HSK 1 character, is read chē for “car” and “vehicle”, and also jū (“rook”). The traditional form is 車, 7 strokes instead of 4. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 开车 (“to drive a car (or train etc)”), 火车 (“train”) and 出租车 (“taxi”). Japanese keeps the traditional 車, read sha (“car”).
- Pinyin
- chē, jū
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 车 (“car”)
- Traditional
- 車
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
As an overlapping character it splits into 七 (“seven”), strokes 1–2; 十 (“ten”), strokes 3–4, written the first part first.
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Traditional form
- Simplified
- 车 · 4 strokes
- Traditional
- 車 · 7 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| chē first tone | car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 | 車 | 开车 火车 出租车 打车 |
| jū first tone | rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess); war chariot (archaic) | 車 | — |
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- Words with it
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Words with 车
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车 車 | chē | car; vehicle HSK 1 |
| 开车 開車 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc) HSK 1 |
| 火车 火車 | huǒchē | train HSK 1 |
| 出租车 出租車 | chūzūchē | taxi; rental car HSK 1 |
| 打车 打車 | dǎchē | to take a taxi; to hitch a lift HSK 2 |
| 车站 車站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop HSK 2 |
| 公交车 公交車 | gōngjiāochē | public transport vehicle; town bus HSK 2 |
| 汽车 汽車 | qìchē | car; automobile HSK 3 |
| 自行车 自行車 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike HSK 3 |
| 动车 動車 | dòngchē | (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train; power car HSK 4 |
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