The Chinese Radical: 车


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vehicle    车

Explanation Simplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle , loading area , two wheels . This sign is similar to the simplified east 东 =.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
car, vehicle, carriage
chē, jū

Simplified from 車, which showed a hand-cart from top with an axle , loading area and two wheels .  
JLPT HSK 3
to double, to repeat, heavy, serious
chóng, zhòng
A vehicle 車 (= A hand-cart viewed from above: axle , loading area , two wheels ) with further wheels (This vehicle was simplfied into: )
A vehicle with double wheels is suitable for heavy loads.  
JLPT HSK 3
easy, light, gentle
qīng
Left: vehicle (車= cart from above with axle , load-area wheels ), right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground )
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light.  
JLPT HSK 3
classifier for vehicles
liàng
Left: vehicle /車 (車 = cart with axleload-area & wheels ), right: pair, both (Two connected persons are inside , thus both.)
You need vehicles, both of them, to be able to count them.  
JLPT HSK 3
to compare, comparatively, to contrast, rather
jiào
Left: vehicle /車 (= cart from above with axle , load-area wheels ), right: exchange, crossing (= six crosses )
When vehicles are exchanged, they (first) should be: compared!  
JLPT HSK 3
pants, trousers, drawers

广
Left: clothes 衤/, right: warehouse 库 (If there is a vehicle /車 in a building 广, then in the warehouse.)
Clothes for the warehouse are the pants.  
JLPT HSK 4
to transport, to donate, to lose, to enter (a password)
shū
Left: vehicle /車 (= cart from above with axle, load-area and two wheels ), right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The vehicle assents, that it shall transport.  
JLPT HSK 4
to turn, revolve, convey, transfer
zhuǎn, zhuàn
Left: vehicle /車 (= cart with axle load-area and 2 wheels ), right: focused to a thing (The skier in the downhill-squat with poles in the hands is focussed.)
In a vehicle you need to be focussed if you turn.  
JLPT HSK 4
to link, join, connect, continuously, including
lián
Left: movement , right: vehicle (=車 cart with axle load-area and two wheels )
Vehicles and 'movement' are linked.  
JLPT HSK 5
gather up, collect, edit, compile

Left: vehicle (車= cart from above with axle , load-area wheels ), right: whisper 咠 (from the mouth to the ear - But here: =1 parking space and =3 parking spaces)
If the vehicles are not each in one space, but in (a group of) three, they are gathered up.  
JLPT HSK 5
contemporaries, generation, lifetime
bèi
Top: not (inverted wings 习), below: vehicle /車 (車= cart with axle load-area wheels )
Like the wings of a vehicle, the generations move towards the contemporary.  
JLPT HSK 5
to convey, to load, written record, year
zǎi, zài
A plus + for 'more', a halberd and a vehicle /車
To have more halberds loaded onto the vehicle results in a good convey of the load.  
JLPT HSK 5
disposition of troops, front, classifier for short durations
zhèn
Left: hill , right: vehicle /車 (= cart with axle, load-area and two wheels )
On the hill the vehicles show the troop's disposition and their roll-down is a short period of time.  
JLPT HSK 5
flexible (not hard), soft, weak
ruǎn
Left: vehicle /車 (= carriage mit with axle , load area , 2 wheels ), right: lack .(A yawning person is lacking sth.)
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.  
JLPT HSK 5
to assist, to complement, auxiliary

Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: just now (A hand for holding an item is what I need just now)
A vehicle is needed just now for assisting.  
JLPT HSK 5
chain
liàn
Left: metal 钅/, right: link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked)
These [parts of] metal are linked as a chain.  
JLPT HSK 5
army, military, arms
jūn
Top: cover (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle (=車 top view with two wheels , axleand loading section )
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the army.  
JLPT HSK 5
to rotate, wheel, disk, ring, steamship
lún
Left: vehicle /車 (= carriage mit with axle , load area , 2 wheels ), right: arrange, set up (When a person turns into a sitting person , it is well arranged.)
A vehicle is well arranged, if it can rotate with its wheels.  
JLPT HSK 5
warehouse, storehouse, reservoir, arsenal

广
Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels )
The building for vehicles is the warehouse.  
JLPT HSK 6
clash, bang, rumble, to shoo away, to expel, explosion
hōng
Top: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), bottom: Two hands
Vehicles, as well as two clapping hands, can clash and thereby shoo away.  
JLPT HSK 6
rail, track, course, path
guǐ
Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: nine [here: two rails connected with a tie/sleeper ]
For the vehicles are the rails as their track or path.  
JLPT HSK 6
glorious, splendid, to shine upon
huī
Left: light, ray (A fire on legs serves as light), right: army (.. with covered camouflaged vehicles /車)
(Signal fires in ancient China) The lights at the army are shining and glorious.  
JLPT HSK 6
to supervise, to direct, director
dǒng
Top: plant , below: double, heavy (vehicle 車/ with double wheels )
(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.  
JLPT HSK 6
carriage, sedan chair, public/world

Outside: mortar (= two hands E,ヨ pressing from the sides), inside: vehicle /車, below: two hands (= twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined)
The vehicle that requires four hands is the sedan chair.  
JLPT HSK 6
linchpin of a wheel, to govern, control, administrative
xiá
Left: vehicle /車 (= (cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: damaged (Under the roof is a growing plant in a pot , which damaged it.)
If the vehicle is damaged, you see: The linchpin governs and administers.  
JLPT HSK 6
spoke of a wheel

Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: barrel of rice wine (here: spoke , wheel without spokes , wheel with spokes )
At a vehicle take a spoke add it to the rim to get the finished wheel with spokes.  
JLPT HSK 6
to chop, cut, sever, behead
zhǎn
Left: vehicle (車= top view with two wheels , axle | and loading surface ), right: ax
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to , namely they took an axe, to chop it.  
JLPT HSK 6
track, rut, to remove
zhé
From left: vehicle /車, to give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised), strike 攵
The vehicle creates (= gives birth) with every strike (=pothole) a track/rut.  
JLPT HSK 6
shafts of cart, yamen
yuán
Left: vehicle /車 (top view with axle load-area wheels ), right: long robe (old) (Down to the ground reaches the sleeve of this clothes : the long robe.)
At a vehicle is between earth and the clothes (of the passengers) an opening for the cart's shaft.  
JLPT no HSK
lotus
lián
Top: growing plant , below: link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
The plant (which floats on the water), but is connected (to the ground) is the: lotus.  
JLPT no HSK
pavilion with a view, high, tall, curtained carriage (old)
xuān
Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: dry (laundry rack)
The vehicle in which you stay dry is the high carriage.  
JLPT no HSK
axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing
zhóu, zhòu
Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason.), Here: axis in a bearing
A vehicle with axis and pivot.  
轿
JLPT no HSK
a sedan chair, a palanquin
jiào
Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: tall (top:, but here: sky : [Sky--long legs 丿| make tall])
A vehicle, in which you appear tall, is the: sedan chair.  
JLPT no HSK
crossbar in carriage front
shì
Left: vehicle (=車 = top view with axle load-area wheels ), right: type/style (Craftsmen make sabres in their (preferred) type)
In a vehicle according to the style there is a crossbar.  
JLPT no HSK
to crush (by weight), to roll (steel)
yà, zhá
Left: vehicle (=車 = top view with axle | load-area wheels ), right: a hook like at: 'to bundle 扎'
The vehicle's (weight) presses/crushes when a hook is produced by: rolling it.  
JLPT no HSK
roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn
Left: vehicle /車, right: exhibition, to spread out 展 (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.  
JLPT no HSK
always, then, at once
zhé
Left: vehicle (車= (top view with axle load-area wheels ), right: 耴 (ear , here: axle or axe nail )
At a vehicle you hear sth. at the axle : always.  
JLPT no HSK
to follow, to arrive, heel
zhǒng
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: double, heavy (vehicle 車/ with extra wheels for heavy loads)
When you are on foot and that vehicle is heavy, it's easy: to follow.  
JLPT no HSK
to expel, to oust
niǎn
Left: hand , right: 辇 (2x husband and vehicle /車
A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled.  
JLPT no HSK
vessel used to hold grain offerings
liǎn
Left: king, jade , right: link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.  
JLPT no HSK
pulley, capstan, windlass

鹿
Left: vehicle /車, right: deer 鹿 (orig. image of a deer)
A vehicle with the pronunciation 'lù' as used at 'deer' stands for a pulley.  
JLPT no HSK
given name of Mencius/Mengzi (follower of Confucius)

Left: vehicle /車 (top view with load-area , axle & wheels ), right: can, possibility (The nail into the opening should be possible.)
Like a vehicle with possibilities is: philosopher Mengzi  
JLPT no HSK
ripple, tearful, flowing water, weeping
lián
Left: water , right: to link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
Water can combine to rippling waves or weeping.  
JLPT no HSK
slush, mud
nào
Left: water , right: excellent ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent.) Here: see as a variation of the traditional character for vehicle 車, which comprised an axle , a loading area and two wheels (seen from above)
Due to the water, half of a wheel of the vehicle 車 and the middle of the axle are already immersed: into the slush.  

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