~車
~しゃ · ~sha · JLPT N2 · noun
car
🚗 ~車 sha = vehicle suffix: 電 electric + 車 car = 電車 densha, train
車 began as a chariot glyph: a wheel on an axle, seen from above. As a suffix read sha, it marks a vehicle type: 自動車 jidōsha (self-moving car), 救急車 kyūkyūsha (ambulance), 自転車 jitensha (self-turning car = bicycle).