刹车
shā chē · HSK 7
to brake
🛑🚗 刹 = brake/halt + 车 = vehicle; the part that halts the vehicle
刹 means to halt or check; 车 is car/vehicle. Together: to brake. The same 刹车 also covers stopping a process or checking a bad habit, like braking on an impulse.
车 — pictograph of a chariot/cart
车 is a pictograph originally drawn as a top-down view of a chariot, showing the axle, wheels, and carriage box. The ancient form 車 clearly depicted two wheels connected by an axle. It still means vehicle, cart, or car today.