boat

Origin & mnemonic

The boat radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script, depicting the shape of a vessel with a cargo compartment and pointed ends. Over time, the glyph was simplified into its current form, featuring a long horizontal stroke (the hull) and vertical strokes on the sides.

Mnemonic: The shape of the boat radical resembles a vessel viewed from above, with an elongated hull and narrow sides.

• 船chuán🔊

  variant of 船[chuan2]

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 舵duò🔊

  helm

  11 strokes

• 舲líng🔊

  small boat with windows

  11 strokes

• 舳zhú🔊

  poopdeck

  11 strokes

• 舴zé🔊

  used in 舴艋[ze2 meng3]

  11 strokes

• 舶bó🔊

  ship

  11 strokes

• 舷xián🔊

  side of a ship or an aircraft

  11 strokes

• 舸gě🔊

  barge

  11 strokes

• 舺xiá🔊

  boat

  11 strokes

• 舻lú🔊

  bow of ship

  11 strokes

• 艇tǐng🔊

  (bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)

  12 strokes

• 舾xī🔊

  used in 舾裝|舾装[xi1 zhuang1]

  12 strokes

• 艁zào🔊

  old variant of 造[zao4]

  13 strokes

• 艄shāo🔊

  stern of boat

  13 strokes

• 艅yú🔊

  used in 艅艎[yu2 huang2]

  13 strokes

• 艉wěi🔊

  aft

  13 strokes

• 艋měng🔊

  used in 舴艋[ze2 meng3]

  14 strokes

• 艘sōu🔊

  classifier for ships

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 艎huáng🔊

  fast ship

  15 strokes

• 艏shǒu🔊

  bow of a ship

  15 strokes

• 艑biàn🔊

  skiff

  15 strokes

• 艖chā🔊

  raft

  15 strokes

• 舱cāng🔊

  cabin

  HSK 7

  16 strokes

• 艕bàng🔊

  two boats fastened side by side

  16 strokes

• 艗yì🔊

  bow of a Chinese boat

  16 strokes

• 艚cáo🔊

  seagoing junk

  17 strokes

• 艟chōng🔊

  used in 艨艟[meng2 chong1]

  18 strokes

• 舣yǐ🔊

  to moor a boat to the bank

  19 strokes

• 艨méng🔊

  used in 艨衝|艨冲[meng2 chong1] and 艨艟[meng2 chong1]

  19 strokes

• 舰jiàn🔊

  warship

  20 strokes

• 艩qí🔊

  tholepin

  20 strokes

• 艬chán🔊

  large ship

  23 strokes