chē, jū
vehicle
Pictograph of a war chariot. The simplified character 车 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 車.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 53 characters (13 verified)
军 转 连 轻 较 阵 输 载 软 轮 轰 辆 辈 辑 辖 轨 辅 舆 轩 辐 轴 轿 轼 辙 轧 辗 辄 辘 辕 轲 轶 辍 辎 辏 辔 轱 轭 毂 轸 轳 辊 轫 辚 辂 轾 辋 轹 轺 轵 辌 辒 辁 轷
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[t.qʰ](r)A | tsyhae | chē | chariot |
*C.q(r)a | kjo | jū | chariot |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 87.6021% of movies
153rd most common character in movies
361st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8F66 |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.939
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