You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Kangxi Strokes: 19 Page 1248, Entry 31 Pronounced qiao (level tone). Jade Chapter (Yupian): A small carriage. Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): A bamboo sedan chair. Biography of Yan Zhu in the History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu): Traveling by sedan chair over the mountain ridges. Commentary: A carriage for narrow roads. Today, it refers to a bamboo sedan chair. Also written interchangeably with the character for bridge (qiao). Book of Rivers and Canals in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Traveling in the mountains requires a bridge. Correction of Characters (Zhengzitong): This refers to a sedan chair. It is said that today's shoulder-carried sedan chairs are so named because they are as flat as a bridge. Pronounced qiao (falling tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A carriage. Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Also a sedan chair.