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zhōu · boat, ship

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HSK 2.0 · Level 6Frequency #13838
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6Total strokes

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Single-componentCharacter structure

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舟Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 舟

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zhōuWords pronounced zhōu
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Example sentences

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Qī yuè shí qī rì, fāng zhōu tíng zài yā měi ní yā de shān shàng.七月十七日，方舟停在亞美尼亞的山上。

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

Source: Tatoeba #13573226 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén chéng zhù dú mù zhōu xiàng hé de xià yóu ér xíng.我們乘著獨木舟向河的下游而行。

We went down a river by canoe.

Source: Tatoeba #895858 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Luò tuó shì shā mò zhī zhōu.駱駝是沙漠之舟。

A camel is to the desert what a ship is to the sea.

Source: Tatoeba #418557 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Duān wǔ jié yào sài lóng zhōu.端午節要賽龍舟。

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there needs to be a dragon boat race.

Source: Tatoeba #5687429 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 舟 in context

  1. Say zhōu, then recall the core meaning: boat, ship.
  2. Write all 6 strokes while keeping the single-component balanced.
  3. Use it in 刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn), meaning “lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 舟 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.