艋

měng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a small boat

Examples

HSK 6
她怕舴艋载不动许多愁。
Tā pà zéměng zài bú dòng xǔduō chóu.
She feared a small boat, 舴艋, could not bear so much sorrow.

Tips

history
艋 never stands alone; it occurs in 舴艋 (a small boat), known from Li Qingzhao's famous lines, and in the Taipei place name 艋舺. It joins the boat radical 舟 with 孟 for the sound.
register
Classical and bound - found in old poetry, the word 舴艋 and a place name, not in everyday speech.

Components

radical
舟 zhōu
boat
Boat radical 舟 on the left fixes the meaning: 艋 is a kind of small craft. Same family as 船 and 舰.
phonetic
孟 mèng
eldest; surname Meng
孟 on the right supplies the sound (mèng to měng). The same phonetic appears in 猛 and 锰.

Stroke Order

艋 měng