舟
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boat
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 舟 itself
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 舟
- Common rank
- #1,773
- Unicode
- U+821F
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Formation & memory
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How 舟 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A boat
How to remember it
boat · Heisig RSH #1394
a drop of + glass cover
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 舟
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 | study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind | |
| 逆水行舟，不进则退 | like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) | |
| 神舟号飞船 | Shenzhou (spacecraft) | |
| 舟山市 | Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] | |
| 风雨同舟 | lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times | |
| 舟山群岛 | Zhoushan Island | |
| 诺亚方舟 | Noah's ark | |
| 顺水推舟 | lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's … | |
| 逆水行舟 | lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs… | |
| 舟曲县 | Zhouqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z… | |
| 天舟座 | Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座) | |
| 同舟共济 | cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collabora… | |
| 舟车劳顿 | travel-worn | |
| 赛龙舟 | to race dragon boats | |
| 独木舟 | dugout; canoe; kayak | |
| 学海泛舟 | sailing on the sea of learning (idiom) | |
| 木已成舟 | lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be u… | |
| 舟山 | see 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 Shi4] | |
| 神舟 | Shenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer) | |
| 方舟 | ark |