Characters › 车
4 strokes · radical 车 · HSK 1 · traditional 車
7 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 车
A way to remember it
A chariot seen from above: the box of the carriage, with the axle running through it. The traditional 車 shows two wheels; simplification kept the axle and dropped one wheel.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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vehicle
chē — vehicle
Radical 车 · 4 strokes · HSK 1 · traditional 車
7 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 车
A way to remember itA chariot seen from above: the box of the carriage, with the axle running through it. The traditional 車 shows two wheels; simplification kept the axle and dropped one wheel.