cart

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting an ancient chariot or cart in oracle-bone script, with strokes representing the wheels, axle, and body of the vehicle.

Mnemonic: Picture this glyph as a cart viewed from above, with wheels on either side and the body in the center.

• 车chē🔊

  car

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 轧yà🔊

  to crush

  5 strokes

• 军jūn🔊

  (bound form) army

  6 strokes

• 轨guǐ🔊

  (bound form) rail; track; course; path

  6 strokes

• 轩xuān🔊

  pavilion with a view

  7 strokes

• 轫rèn🔊

  brake

  7 strokes

• 𫐄yuè🔊

  crossbar for yoking horses

  7 strokes

• 转zhuǎn🔊

  to turn

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 轮lún🔊

  wheel; disk; ring

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 软ruǎn🔊

  soft

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 斩zhǎn🔊

  to behead (as form of capital punishment)

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 轰hōng🔊

  explosion

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 轭è🔊

  yoke

  8 strokes

• 𬨂qí🔊

  end of axle

  8 strokes

• 轻qīng🔊

  light

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 轴zhóu🔊

  axis

  9 strokes

• 轱gū🔊

  used in 軲轆|轱辘[gu1 lu5]

  9 strokes

• 轲Kē🔊

  given name of Mencius

  9 strokes

• 轳lú🔊

  used in 轆轤|辘轳[lu4 lu5]

  9 strokes

• 轵zhǐ🔊

  end of axle outside of hub

  9 strokes

• 轶yì🔊

  (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of 佚[yi4])

  9 strokes

• 轷Hū🔊

  surname Hu

  9 strokes

• 轸zhěn🔊

  square

  9 strokes

• 轹lì🔊

  to bully

  9 strokes

• 轺yáo🔊

  light carriage

  9 strokes

• 较jiào🔊

  (bound form) to compare

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 轿jiào🔊

  sedan chair

  10 strokes

• 轼shì🔊

  (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect

  10 strokes

• 轾zhì🔊

  back and lower of chariot

  10 strokes

• 辀zhōu🔊

  (literary) shaft (of a cart)

  10 strokes

• 辁quán🔊

  limited (of talent or ability)

  10 strokes

• 辂lù🔊

  (archaic) large carriage, esp. a conveyance for a monarch

  10 strokes

• 辆liàng🔊

  classifier for vehicles

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 辅fǔ🔊

  to assist

  11 strokes

• 軠kuáng🔊

  old variant of 軖[kuang2]

  11 strokes

• 軡Qián🔊

  old variant of 黔[Qian2]

  11 strokes

• 辄zhé🔊

  then

  11 strokes

• 辉huī🔊

  (bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine

  12 strokes

• 辊gǔn🔊

  roller

  12 strokes

• 軶è🔊

  old variant of 軛|轭[e4]

  12 strokes

• 辇niǎn🔊

  (archaic) man-drawn carriage

  12 strokes

• 辋wǎng🔊

  tire

  12 strokes

• 辌liáng🔊

  see 轀輬|辒辌[wen1 liang2]

  12 strokes

• 辍chuò🔊

  to stop (before completion)

  12 strokes

• 辎zī🔊

  covered wagon

  12 strokes

• 𫐐ní🔊

  clamps for crossbar of carriage

  12 strokes

• 输shū🔊

  to lose; to be beaten

  HSK 3

  13 strokes

• 载zài🔊

  to carry

  13 strokes