JLPT N5 · Things & body

車

くるま

car

Stroke order of 車

車 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

車 is a cart seen from above: an axle through the middle with a wheel on each end.

Parts: 車 pictograph of a cart (wheels + axle)

Example sentence

父は新しい車を買いました。

ちちはあたらしいくるまをかいました。

My father bought a new car.

Words with 車

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 発車departure (vehicle)車道roadway 救急車ambulance

More words: Things & body

本book 電車train 電気electricity; light 日本語Japanese (language)英語English (language)魚fish 手hand 目eye 耳ear 口mouth 足foot; leg

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