艘
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classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 舟 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 艘
- Common rank
- #9,478
- Unicode
- U+8258
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
vessels · Heisig RSH #2968
舟 boat + cake mixer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 叟 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叟 sound part | old man; elder | |
| 搜 | to seek, to search, to investigate | |
| 瘦 | thin, lean, emaciated; meager | |
| 嫂 | sister-in-law, elder brother's wife | |
| 飕 | a chill breeze; to blow; the sound of the wind | |
| 嗖 | a whizzing sound | |
| 溲 | to urinate; to soak, to drench | |
| 螋 | earwig, millipede, spider | |
| 鄋 | a county in Shandong province | |
| 锼 | to carve |