Memory phrase for the character: 舵

舵

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Meaning helm, rudder

Pronunciation

duò

Explanation

Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: it (lifeless) 它 (Here: [boat-] bridge 宀, sitting person 匕)

Mnemonic
 
On the boat is a sitting person on the bridge at the: helm/rudder.

Radicals

舟 boat
它 it (lifeless things)
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 Vocabulary

舵手 duò shǒu  helmsman
顺风转舵 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò  to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
随风倒舵 suí fēng dǎo duò  to trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
随风倒舵 suí fēng dǎo duò  

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