[車] Handwritten Kanji for vehicle and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “車” (kuruma); Kanji for “vehicle”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “車” (kuruma)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “車”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
車	シャ くるま	sha kuruma	7	車	vehicle

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “車”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
緑の車	みどりのくるま	midori no kuruma	a green car
消防車	しょうぼうしゃ	shoubousha	fire truck
蒸気機関車	じょうききかんしゃ	joukikikansha	steam locomotive