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Japanese symbol for “dray”

Romaji: nibasha
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray

In Japanese, dray is , read (nibasha).

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Meanings

  1. n (horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray

Kanji and stroke order

baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden)
on: カ
kun: に
10 strokes · JLPT 2
horse
on: バ、メ、マ、ボ
kun: うま、ま
10 strokes · JLPT 2
car
on: シャ
kun: くるま
7 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
にもつ nimotsuluggage; baggage; package
しゅっか shukkashipping; shipment; forwarding
にゅうか nyuukaarrival of goods; goods received
いなり inariInari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
てにもつ tenimotsuhand luggage; hand baggage
ふか fukaburdening; bearing; shouldering
けいば keibahorse racing
ばか bakaidiot; moron; fool
しゃりょう sharyou(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.