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Character #131 · The First 1000

chē

vehicle

car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe

Also read jū (chariot (piece in Chinese chess))

Strokes
47
TraditionalSimplified
車 车
Poster cell
S5
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • qìchē car
  • huǒchē train
  • chēzhàn rail station
  • kāichē to drive a car
  • xiàchē to get off or out of
  • shàngchē to get on or into
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 车車

Write 车車 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, chē, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell S5 · 28 × 36 grid

车車 is #131 on The First 1000 poster.

All 1,000 characters, printable at home.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 车 mean in English?
车 (chē) means "vehicle": car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe.
How do you pronounce 车?
车 is pronounced chē in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄔㄜ. It can also be read jū (chariot (piece in Chinese chess)).
How many strokes does 车 have?
The simplified form, 车, has 4 strokes. The traditional form, 車, has 7.
What is the traditional form of 车?
The traditional form of 车 is 車. 车 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 車 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 车?
Common words that use 车 include 汽车 (qìchē, car), 火车 (huǒchē, train), 车站 (chēzhàn, rail station), 开车 (kāichē, to drive a car).
How common is 车?
车 is number 131 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell S5 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.