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车(F車) [chē] car, vehicle with wheels; (radical 159, 车部) [jū] a game piece in Chinese chess (象棋)

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The character 车/車 chē ‘cart/carriage/chariot/car’ descends from old pictographs depicting a cart/carriage/chariot; the full form 車 is the view from above, of the two wheels (horizontal strokes above and below), with 田 in the middle sketching the platform/chassis/body sitting atop the axel, and a vertical line representing the axel; in the simple form 车 the chassis is abbreviated, and the axel is shortened.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 車 chē ‘cart’ writes a shape like 田 in the middle, representing the bed/platform of the cart (body/chassis of the carriage); the horizontal lines above and below abbrev. the two wheels (on either side of the chassis) as seen from above; or as can be seen from old graphs reinterpreted in the Seal, the 田 shape draws only one of the two wheels; a vertical line represents the transverse cart axel; the old Seal form 𨏖 reflects stylized features of much older graphs in which the 戔 shape depicts the 𠓜 double yoke/harness (attaching oxen/horses to the shafts), and the two 車 shapes correspond to depictions of the two wheels (attached to each axel end with linchpins); the horizontal lines may represent the linchpins, or more likely the cart shafts.
    Older graphs associated with 車 write the two spoked wheels with a shape like 田, attached to the axel (vertical line), with a horizontal line for the shaft attaching the axel to the yoke; the yoke is drawn like 戔 in the old Seal form 𨏖, and there are three shapes like 田, two of which write the two wheels (above and below), and the third the platform/chassis in the middle; in one old graph the chassis is square (rather than circular), and clearly drawn as if sitting atop the axel.
    Note: As a component in other characters, the meanings of 车/車 relate to ‘carts/cars and their parts’, and also to cart-related motions/actions (turn, drive, carry/load).
    Compare: 轮/輪 lún ‘spoked wheel’; 辐/輻 fú ‘spokes’; 軎 wèi ‘ends of a cart/carriage axel’; 辖/轄 xiá ‘linchpin’; 辕/轅 yuán ‘cart pole/shafts’.
    Compare: 载/載(𨌏) zài ‘carry/load’; 舆/輿 yú ‘sedan chair’; 军/軍(𠣞) jūn ‘army/unit (of 4,000 men)’.
    Compare: 转/轉 zhuǎn ‘turn’, zhuàn ‘rotate/spin’; 辗/輾 zhǎn ‘roll over’.
    Note: The 丨 vertical stroke of the independent character is written last; but when 车 occurs as a component on the left side of a character (as in 轮 lún ‘wheel’), then the rising stroke  is last, and 丨 is the penultimate (next to last) stroke.
    车(車) is the 159th of the 214 radicals.
►references: Wieger:167a; Karlgren:AD1189; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3511.2; Lindqvist:141; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.1.05; Wáng(1993):142; EDOC:0
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 <WL>车(F車) [chē] car, vehicle with wheels; (radical 159, 车部)  [jū] a game piece in Chinese chess (象棋)
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-Picture of a chariot.
+The character 车/車 chē ‘cart/carriage/chariot/car’ descends from old pictographs depicting a cart/carriage/chariot; the full form 車 is the view from above, of the two wheels (horizontal strokes above and below), with 田 in the middle sketching the platform/chassis/body sitting atop the axel, and a vertical line representing the axel; in the simple form 车 the chassis is abbreviated, and the axel is shortened.
-	The 丨 vertical stroke is supposed to be written last; but when 车 occurs as a component on the left side of a character (as in 轮 lún ‘wheel’ for example), then the vertical stroke precedes the last stroke, which becomes a  rising stroke.
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 車(􂠴) chē ‘cart’ writes a shape like 田(􂛋) in the middle, representing the bed/platform of the cart (body/chassis of the carriage); the horizontal lines above and below abbrev. the two wheels (on either side of the chassis) as seen from above; or as can be seen from old graphs reinterpreted in the Seal, the 田(􂛋) shape draws only one of the two wheels; a vertical line represents the transverse cart axel; the old Seal form 𨏖(􂠵) reflects stylized features of much older graphs in which the 戔(􂍧) shape depicts the 𠓜 double yoke/harness (attaching oxen/horses to the shafts), and the two 車 shapes correspond to depictions of the two wheels (attached to each axel end with linchpins); the horizontal lines may represent the linchpins, or more likely the cart shafts.
+	Older graphs associated with 車(􂠴) write the two spoked wheels with a shape like 田(􂛋), attached to the axel (vertical line), with a horizontal line for the shaft attaching the axel to the yoke; the yoke is drawn like 戔(􂍧) in the old Seal form 𨏖(􂠵), and there are three shapes like 田(􂛋), two of which write the two wheels (above and below), and the third the platform/chassis in the middle; in one old graph the chassis is square (rather than circular), and clearly drawn as if sitting atop the axel.
+	Note: As a component in other characters, the meanings of 车/車 relate to ‘carts/cars and their parts’, and also to cart-related motions/actions (turn, drive, carry/load).
+	Compare: 轮/輪(􂡙) lún ‘spoked wheel’; 辐/輻(􂡡) fú ‘spokes’; 軎(􂡟) wèi ‘ends of a cart/carriage axel’; 辖/轄(􂡸) xiá ‘linchpin’; 辕/轅(􂡤) yuán ‘cart pole/shafts’.
+	Compare: 载/載(􂡳𨌏) zài ‘carry/load’; 舆/輿(􂡃) yú ‘sedan chair’; 军/軍(􂡴𠣞) jūn ‘army/unit (of 4,000 men)’.
+	Compare: 转/轉(􂡹) zhuǎn ‘turn’, zhuàn ‘rotate/spin’; 辗/輾 zhǎn ‘roll over’.
+	Note: The 丨 vertical stroke of the independent character is written last; but when 车 occurs as a component on the left side of a character (as in 轮 lún ‘wheel’), then the rising stroke  is last, and 丨 is the penultimate (next to last) stroke.
 	车(車) is the 159th of the 214 radicals.
 #rW.167a K.AD1189 D.5.3511.2 L.141 B.006.1.05 WHY...142 E.0