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boat 舟
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船
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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a boat, vessel, ship
chuán Left: vessel/boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: eight 八 and opening 口 (= porthole / scuttle)
A vessel with eight portholes is a boat. |
舟
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般
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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manner, kind, sort, class, way
bān Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: 殳 (battle axe  in a hand 又)
When you build a boat using a battle axe in your hand, it happens in a: particular manner. |
舟
般
殳
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盘
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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dish, plate, tray, board, to coil
pán Top: boat/ship 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), below: plate, bowl 皿
It is floating like a boat or a bowl: this dish. |
舟
皿
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搬
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to transport, to (re-)move, relocate
bān Left: hand 扌, right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in the hand 又 in a particular manner.)
Hands are used in a certain manner for the transport. |
扌
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舟
殳
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航
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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boat, navigation, to fly
háng Left: ship 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: overbearing 亢 (person with a broad neck and wearing a cap.). Here he is a sturdy sailor / navigator
On board is the navigator. He is navigating. |
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亢
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舱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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cabin, the hold of a ship or airplane
cāng Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse.)
As the boat has a "warehouse", there is a cabin in the airplane. |
舟
仓
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艘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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classifier for ships
sōu Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with hands E, 彐 on a stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又)
Next to the boats is an old gentleman, counting them. |
舟
叟
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舰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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warship
jiàn Left boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right to see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
A boat that is well visible (because of its size) is the warship. |
舟
见
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舟
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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boat
zhōu
Image of a rowing boat without rear with two persons, transverse oars and a rope at the front.
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舟
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舶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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sea-going vessels, ship
bó Left: boat/ship 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
Not just a boat, but a white ship. |
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白
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艇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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speed boat, small ship, vessel
tǐng From left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), judicial court 廷 (The movement 廴 of a scholar 士 with hat 壬 [= judge] to the court.)
The boat of the movement of only one scholar (with hat) 壬 is a (small) speed boat. |
舟
廷
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壬
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丹
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JLPT no HSK |
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red, pellet, powder, cinnabar
dān A simplified var. of boat/ship 舟
A simple boat is red. |
丶
舟
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舵
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helm, rudder
duò Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: it (lifeless) 它 (Here: [boat-] bridge 宀, sitting person 匕)
On the boat is a sitting person on the bridge at the: helm/rudder. |
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它
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舷
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side of a ship or an aircraft
xián Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
The ship has mysterious sides. |
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玄
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珊
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coral
shān Left: king, jade 王, right: book, booklet 册 (here: two boats 舟)
For this 'jade' (its extraction) you need boats, the: Coral. |
玉
王
册
舟
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坍
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JLPT no HSK |
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collapse
tān Left: earth 土, right: red, pellet 丹
At the earth (= the shore) is a broken 丹 boat 舟, because it collapsed. |
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舟
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磐
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firm, stable, rock
pán Top: manner, kind 般 (The boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in hand 又 in particular manner.), bottom: stone 石
In a certain manner, stones are firm. |
舟
般
殳
石
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瘢
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scar, mark on the skin
bān Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe /殳 in hand 又 in particular manner.)
A disease brings in certain manner also a scar. |
疒
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殳
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