Memory phrase for the character: 船

船

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Meaning

a boat, vessel, ship

Pronunciation

chuán

Explanation

 Left: vessel/boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: eight 八 and opening 口 (= porthole / scuttle)

Mnemonic
 
A vessel with eight portholes is a boat.

Radicals

舟 boatIt shows the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.




 Vocabulary

船只 chuán zhī  ship; boat; vessel
靶船 bǎ chuán  target ship
船坞 chuán wù  shipyard
船舷 chuán xián  sides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
捕鲸船 bǔ jīng chuán  whaler; whale catcher
船篷 chuán péng  ship's sail
帆船 fān chuán  sailboat
船舱 chuán cāng  hold of ship
轮船 lún chuán  steamship
船舶 chuán bó  shipping; boats
船闸 chuán zhá  a canal lock
船闸 chuán zhá  

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