You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1248, Entry 06 Pronounced qiao. Jade Chapter (Yupian): A small carriage. Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui): A bamboo palanquin. Biography of Yan Zhu in the Book of Former Han (Qianhan Shu): Traveling by palanquin to cross the mountain ridge. Note: A carriage for narrow roads. Today, a bamboo palanquin. Also interchangeable with the word bridge (qiao). Book of History (Shiji), Treatise on Rivers and Canals: Traveling in the mountains necessitates a bridge. Correction of Characters (Zhengzitong): This refers to the carriage. It is the predecessor of the modern shoulder-carried palanquin, so called because it is as level as a bridge. Pronounced qiao (falling tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A carriage.