車輪

しゃりん · sharin · JLPT N2 · noun

wheel

🚗🛞 車 (car) + 輪 (wheel, ring) = the wheel of a car

輪 is a loop or ring shape, and 車 means car. Put together, 車輪 is the wheel that belongs to a car, so the 車 part tells you what kind of wheel it is.

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