chē

vehicle; car; machine

HSK 1 #361

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 361st character
Radical ⾞ (159.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 100
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

车 chē
  1. 1. vehicle
  2. 2. car
  3. 3. machine
  4. 4. to shape with a lathe
  5. 5. surname Che
  6. 6. Kangxi radical 159
  7. 7. CL liàng
车 jū
  1. 1. rook (in Chinese chess)
  2. 2. rook (in chess)
  3. 3. war chariot (archaic)

Stroke order

车 stroke order diagram
车 stroke order animation

Words containing 车

Word Meaning
local express
(railway) carriage
Kuqa, county-level city in Xinjiang
Kuche County in Xinjiang, China
van (Tw)
van
mobile billboard
overtake rivals fast; pass on a curve
fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
luggage carrier (bicycle)
back axle (of car)
Rammstein (German metal band)
military vehicle
recreational vehicle
handbrake
cart
to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
TW manual transmission motorcycle (usually denotes a traditional-style motorcycle, as opposed to a scooter)
pallet jack
tow truck
semi-trailer; 18-wheeler; big rig
trailer truck
to carpool
a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi zǔ chōng zhī
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling