chē, jū
vehicle
Pictograph of a war chariot.
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)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 49 characters (16 verified)
軍 轉 連 輕 較 陣 輸 載 輭 軟 輪 轟 輛 輩 轂 𨊠 輯 轄 軌 輔 輓 輿 軒 輻 軸 轎 軾 轍 軋 輾 輒 轆 轅 軻 軼 輟 轡 軲 軛 軫 轤 輥 軔 輊 轘 輬 轀 轗 輂
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[t.qʰ](r)A | tsyhae | chē | chariot |
*C.q(r)a | kjo | jū | chariot |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 87.6021% of movies
153rd most common character in movies
361st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8ECA |
Shuowen | “車,輿輪之總名。夏后時奚仲所造。象形。,籀文車。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.939
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