舟 - zhōu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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舟

zhōu

Definition

boat
meaning component (boat, ship)
radical (Kang Xi 137)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (44)

盘

pán

plate; dish; tray; to coil; to check; to examine; classifier (for food: dish, helping); classifier (for coils of wire); classifier (for games of chess); measure word

般

bān

sort; kind; type; class; way; manner

boat; ship

boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly

艘

sōu

classifier (for ships); measure word; Taiwan pr. [sao1]

warship

cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane

vessel; small ship

helm; rudder

2 boats lashed together; large boat

barge

side of a ship or an aircraft

舶

bó

sea-going vessels; ship

bow of a ship

bow of ship

to moor a boat to the bank

small boat

aft

small boat with windows

small boat

poopdeck; stern of boat

艟

chōng

see 艨艟, ancient leatherclad warship

stern of boat

to conceal; to cover

sea-going junk

sampan

ancient warship; see 艨艟, ancient leatherclad warship

sampan

boat; Taiwan pr. [jia3]

kayak

fast ship; see 艅艎, large warship

bilge

skiff

boat

a despatch boat

bow of a Chinese boat

raft; boat

a long narrow vessel with two masts

艕

bàng

two boats fastened side by side

tholepin

large ship

see 般乐

(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart

舡

gāng

boat; ship

Related words (12)

travel-worn

(lit.) boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat

small boat; skiff

to steer a boat

ark

to go boating

to row a boat

fast boat

dragon boat; imperial boat

dugout; canoe; kayak

dragon boat racing; to race dragon boats

顺水推舟

shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu

(lit.) to push the boat with the current; (fig.) to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit

Idioms (8)

刻舟求剑

kè zhōu qiú jiàn

(lit.) a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); carving a hole in a boat to find a sword; (fig.) an action made pointless by changed circumstances; ineffective methods; outdated method(s)

同舟共济

tóng zhōu gòng jì

cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collaborate towards common goals

学海泛舟

xué hǎi fàn zhōu

sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)

木已成舟

mù yǐ chéng zhōu

(lit.) the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); (fig.) what is done cannot be undone

破釜沉舟

pò fǔ chén zhōu

(lit.) to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats

载舟覆舟

zài zhōu fù zhōu

to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

逆水行舟

nì shuǐ xíng zhōu

(lit.) a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder

风雨同舟

fēng yǔ tóng zhōu

(lit.) in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times

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