HSK7-9
sōu
counter for ships
Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound.
舟 Meaning component
zhōu
boat
叟 Sound component
sǒu
old man
艘
counter for ships, vessels; classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo]
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Unicode
Dong Chinese
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SUBTLEX-CH
MTSU Chinese text computing