摩托车 (mó tuō chē)

Character breakdown

• 摩 (mā) · 15 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

• 托 (tuō) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

• 车 (Chē) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a war chariot. The simplified character 车 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 車.