Today’s first #kanji is #車, which is a pictograph for people/goods transported by a vehicle. The top and bottom horizontal lines represent the wheels; the part in between is for people and goods; and the middle vertical line is the shaft.
Meaning: a vehicle, a wheel
車道(シャドウ): a road, a carriageway
自動車(ジドウシャ): a car, a motorcar, a motor vehicle
自転車(ジテンシャ): a bicycle
電車(デンシャ): an electric train
乗車(ジョウシャ)する: to take a train, to get in a train, to board (a train)
下車(ゲシャ)する: to get off (the traiin), to alight from (a car)
風車(フウシャ): a windmill
車(くるま): a wheel, a caster; a motorcar, a taxi; a rickshaw
車座(くるまザ)になる: to sit in a circle
歯車(はぐるま): a gear wheel, a toothed wheel
風車(かざぐるま): [toy] a pinwheel
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