艄 (shāo): stern of a boat

Meanings

船夫站在船艄上掌着舵。

Chuánfū zhàn zài chuánshāo shàng zhǎng zhe duò.

The boatman stood at the stern steering with the oar.

老艄公熟悉这条河的每个弯。

Lǎo shāogōng shúxī zhè tiáo hé de měi gè wān.

The old helmsman knew every bend of this river.

usage

艄 is the stern of a boat. It appears in 船艄 (boat stern) and 艄公 (helmsman / boatman).

radical

舟 zhōu

boat

The boat radical 舟 fixes the meaning of 艄 as a part of a vessel, here the stern, grouping it with 船 and 舱.

phonetic

肖 xiāo

to resemble

Carries the sound, close to the modern reading shāo. The same phonetic drives 梢 and 稍.

艄 shāo