Chinese Character 舵 Meanings and components.

Form

舵

舵 meaning^[3] in English

Helm.

Rudder.

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 舵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are boat (舟) , and it (它)

Its radical^[1] is: 舟 (zhou1) which means: Boat, .舟zhou1boat

In cangjie it is written with HYJP

To write舵duo4helm you should write a combination of 舟zhou1boat , 它ta1it arranged in a 吅 shape:

舟 + 它 = 舵

The order of the strokes to write 舵 should be followed in this specific way.

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 舵, looks as follow:

Meaning^[3]: Helm . Rudder

Meaning^[3]: Boat

Meaning^[3]: It

Meaning^[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]

Meaning^[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon