The Japanese Radical: 車


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Meaning
vehicle    車

Explanation A hand-cart viewed from top: axle , loading area , two wheels .

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 1
vehicle, car
kuruma, SHA

A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels .  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
transport, luck, fortune, chance
hakobu, UN
Left: movement , right: army (... with covered vehicles = camouflage) [cf. accompany 連]
An army that moves needs: luck at the transport.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
easy, light, flippant
karui, KEI
Left: a vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: vertical (A hand is vertically above ground )
Pulling a vehicle by hand over the flat earth (=aligned to the vertical) is easy.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
warehouse, storehouse
KO
广
Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels )
A building with a vehicle is a warehouse.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
get on, ride, take part
noru,
Kind of combination of a vehicle and a tree - Or better: a vehicle with open doors
A vehicle with open doors: ... get on for a ride.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
roll, turn, tumble
korogeru, TEN
Left: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: fog (cf. cloud 雲)
With a vehicle in the fog you only can roll, or you will tumble.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
military, troops
GUN
Top: cover (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels )
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the military.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
wheel, ring, hoop
wa, RIN
Left: vehicle , right: (Chinese only) line-up (lid and a bundle of bamboo tablets ) Here: See the tablets as four wheels leaning upright against each-others
They belong to a vehicle but now they stand upright under a cover: The wheels.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
accompany, line up, join, group, clique
tsureru, tsuraneru, REN
Left: movement , right: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels )
In a moving vehicle I accompany the group of my clique.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
transport, send
YU
Left: vehicle , right: (Chinese only) transport, convey (Cut something off the body / with the knife , put the lid on and ready for the transport.)
A vehicle for transport.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
swing, brandish, wield, shake, wave, wag, volatile
KI
Left: hand , right: military/troops (... with covered vehicles = camouflage)
The hands of the military are swung/brandished. [when marching]  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
comparison, contrast
KAKU, KŌ
Left: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: exchange/crossing (from a pictograph of a person with crossed legs)
Vehicles at a crossing are in a comparison. (i.e. of their speed)  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
wedge, control, manage
kusabi, KATSU
Left: vehicle , right. damage (The roof has by the growing plant in a pot been: damaged.)
(A wedge behind a wheel as protection against rolling away:) Such that the vehicle is not damaged: With a wedge it is under control.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
track, rut, course
KI
Left: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: nine [here: two rails connected with a tie/sleeper ]
For the vehicle are the rails as its track or path.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
shine, radiance, sparkle, luminance, glitter
kagayaku/kashii, KI
Left: light 光 (fire on legs ), right: military (... with covered vehicles = camouflage)
(Signal fires in ancient China) The lights of the military are shining.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
attack, strike, beat, dash
utsu, GEKI
Top: vehicle and weapon 几 in a hand , bottom: hand 手
In a vehicles, with a weapons in your hand and another hand: For the attack!  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
eaves, counter for houses
noki, KEN
Left: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels ), right: dry (image of a drying rack)
The vehicle stays dry under the eaves.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
load (luggage), put on, carry, publish
noru/seru, SAI
Outside: halberd , ten , below: vehicle
With ten halberds the vehicle was loaded and sth. about it was published.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
a short while, temporarily, briefly, a while
shibaraku, ZAN
Top: kill by slicing ([An accident] with a car or an axe can kill by slicing), below: sun/day
If you wanted to make a vehicle with an axe in only one day, this would be a short duration.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
gradually, little by little
yōyaku, ZEN
Left: water , right kill by slicing ([An accident] with a car or an axe can kill by slicing.)
(due to rust:) Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
axle, shaft, spindle, pivot
JIKU
Left: vehicle , right: reason (... for seedlingin the rice field ) Here: see as axle-bearing with axle
A vehicle has the axle-bearing for the axle.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
(military) position, camp
JIN
Left: hill , right: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels )
(Protected by) a hill the vehicles are in: a military camp.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
soft, elastic, tender, gentle, flexible
yawarakai, NAN
Left: vehicle , right: lack (The mouth wide open of the yawning person is lacking [.. good manners])
(The first vehicles had no suspension) These vehicles lacked softness and elasticity.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
comrade, fellow, person, companion
HAI
Top: not/error (opposite wings ), bottom: vehicle (Here: as two seats in this vehicle)
On these seats of the vehicle sits first the senpai (輩), then together with the kouhai (後輩): my comrade.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
example, model, pattern, norm
HAN
Top: bamboo , below: vehicle , slumped person
The bamboo vehicle overran a slumped person: That gives a bad example.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
kill by slicing with a sword
kiru, ZAN
Left: vehicle (cart from above withas axis), right: axe
(An accident) with a car or an axe can slice and kill.  

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