IDENTITY
车chēvehicle; car
HSK 1Top 130
CORE MEANING
vehicle; car
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.car; vehicleHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 车vehicle radical (chē)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 车
USAGE
Common words
汽车qìchēcar
火车huǒchētrain
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle
Graded examples
火车快到了。Huǒchē kuài dào le.HSK1
The train is almost here.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A cart seen from above: wheels and an axle.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #130
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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