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車 means 'car'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 159    Frequency: 234   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-4    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 4    Beginner lesson: 15   Begins 104 words   Used in 581 words   Used in 442 names   Component in 206 kanji (27 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シャ
Kun
   くるま car
Additional readings
Name    くら   くろま
Variants
⾞ (Chinese)   车 (Chinese)  
Notes
Find out what to call the radical in 軍 (army) versus 載 (place on)). And see why there's a vehicle in 軟 (soft) and 轄 (control)!
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 車 is used 36 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 車 is used 564 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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シャ : 480 words FIND ALL
で ん し ゃ 0
noun
train; electric train
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くるま : 32 words FIND ALL
く る ま 0
Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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くるま (read as ぐるま) : 51 words FIND ALL
は ぐ る ま 2
noun
gear; cog-wheel
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
festival car (float)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 18 less common words include 車 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 63 (originally: 31)  Joy o' Kanji : 31  Key to Kanji: 465 

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車
シャ   くるま car   
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