Chinese Character Wiki
舟

zhōu

boat

Pictograph of a boat.

Evolution

舟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
舟 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
舟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舟 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
舟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

舟  

zhōu

boat, ship; KangXi radical 137; boat

Most common words with 舟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

方舟

ark

舟

boat

神舟

Shenzhou (spacecraft)

独木舟

dugout

龙舟

dragon boat

Component uses

Meaning component in 34 characters (5 verified)

船 航 舰 艦 俞 艇 艘 舱 艙 舶 舵 舷 舫 艄 舸 舻 舢 艉 艏 舨 艚 艟 舳 艨 舴 舭 艋 舡 舲 舣 艎 舯 舾 艅

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

受

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

受 朕

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

盘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tu

tsyuw

zhōu

boat


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5629% of movies

2621st most common character in movies

2224th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+821F

Shuowen

“舟，船也。古者共鼓、貨狄刳木為舟，剡木為楫，以濟不通。象形。”


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