JLPT N3 · Trains & buses

発車

はっしゃ

departure (vehicle)

Stroke order of 発車

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

発 · 9 strokes車 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A vehicle (車) setting out (発).

Parts: 発 depart + 車 vehicle

The characters in 発車

車くるま — car (7 strokes)

Example sentence

電車はもうすぐ発車する。

でんしゃはもうすぐはっしゃする。

The train will depart soon.

Words with 発

発音pronunciation 発表announcement; presentation 出発departure 始発first train 発熱fever 発言statement; remark 発行issue; publication 発見discovery 発明invention 開発development 発電power generation

Words with 車

車car 電車train 駐車場parking lot 駐車parking 自転車bicycle 自動車car; automobile 各駅停車local train 車内inside the car 車道roadway 救急車ambulance

More words: Trains & buses

乗客passenger 運賃fare 定期券commuter pass 改札ticket gate 時刻表timetable 終電last train 始発first train 各駅停車local train 快速rapid train 路線route; line 車内inside the car 満員full; packed 乗り越すto ride past one's stop

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