Chinese Character 艘 Meanings and components.

Form

艘

Meaning

艘 meaning[3] in English

Classifier For Ships.

Taiwan Pr. [Sao1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 艘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are boat (舟) , and old gentleman (叟)

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

In cangjie it is written with HYHXE

How to write 艘

To write艘sou1classifier for … you should write a combination of 舟zhou1boat , 叟sou3old gentleman arranged in a 吅 shape:

舟 + 叟 = 艘

艘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

艘
Pinyin:sou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Classifier For Ships . Taiwan Pr. [Sao1]
舟
Pinyin:zhou1
Meaning[3]: Boat
叟
Pinyin:sou3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Gentleman . Old Man
𦥔
Pinyin:𦥔5 Shape:回
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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