船艄

chuánshāo

noun

Meanings

1 stern of a boat
2 rear of a vessel

Characters

stern (of a boat)

Examples

HSK 6

他坐在船艄看着波浪。

Tā zuò zài chuánshāo kàn zhe bōlàng.

He sat at the stern watching the waves.

HSK 7-9

舵手通常站在船艄掌舵。

Duòshǒu tōngcháng zhàn zài chuánshāo zhǎngduò.

The helmsman usually stands at the stern to steer.

Tips

memory

Stern is 船艄; bow is 船头. The 艄 character has the 舟 (boat) radical, so the boat-related reading is the natural one.

Stroke Order

船 chuán

艄 shāo