# 車 — Car

Frequency rank 226 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 信 (Believe), less common than 足 (Foot).

- On’yomi: しゃ
- Kun’yomi: くるま
- Radical: 車 Cart (Kangxi 159)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 7

The farmer bolts a stolen engine onto the turnip wagon's axle and drops a seat in where the load used to ride.

In words:

- 車 くるま — car,vehicle
- 電車 でんしゃ — electric train
- 汽車 きしゃ — steam train

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