| Uni: | 8ECA |
| Meaning: | cart, car |
| Pny: | chē |
| Bopo: | ㄔㄜ |
| Wade: | ch'e1 |
| Jyutping: | ce1, geoi1 |
| Yale: | che1, geui1 |
| Cn: | (Left) 車字旁/车字旁 chēzìpáng (Bottom) 車字底/车字底 chēzìdǐ |
| Onyomi: | シャ sha |
| Kunyomi: | くるま kuruma |
| Jp: | 車/くるま kuruma 車偏/くるまへん kurumahen |
| Hang: | 수레 sure |
| Hanja: | 거 geo |
| Hanviet: | xa, xe, xế |
Radical 159 or radical cart meaning "cart" or "car" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 361 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.[1]
, the simplified form of, is the 68th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form is listed as its associated indexing components. is derived from the cursive form of .
| Strokes | Characters (車) | Characters (车) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0 | SC (=車) | ||
| +1 | SC (=軋) | ||
| +2 | SC (=軌) | ||
| +3 | (=轊) | SC (=軒) SC (=軑) SC (=軔) | |
| +4 | JP (=轉) JP nonstandard (=轟) | SC (=轉) SC (=軛) SC (=輪) SC (=軟) SC (=轟) | |
| +5 | (=軛) JP (=輕; also variant form of 輊) | SC (=軲) SC (=軻) SC (=轤) SC (=軸) SC (=軹) SC (=軼) SC (=軤) SC (=軫) SC (=轢) SC (=軺) SC (=輕) | |
| +6 | JP (=輛) | SC (=軾) SC (=載) SC (=輊) SC (=轎) SC (=輈) SC (=輇) SC (=輅) SC (=較) | |
| +7 | SC (=輒) SC (=輔) SC (=輛) | ||
| +8 | (=輒) | SC (=輦) SC (=輩) SC (=輝) SC (=輥) SC (=輞) SC (=輬) SC (=輟) SC (=輜) | |
| +9 | (=軟) (=輜) HK/GB TC (=轀) | SC (=輳) SC (=輻) SC (=輯) SC (=轀) SC (=輸) SC (=轡) | |
| +10 | (=軬) | SC (=轅) SC (=轄) SC (=輾) | |
| +11 | SC (=轆) | ||
| +12 | SC (=轍) SC (=轔) | ||
| +13 | |||
| +14 | |||
| +15 | |||
| +16 | |||
| +20 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a first grade kanji