měng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a small boat (used in 舴艋)

Examples

舴艋不动许多
Tā pà zéměng zài bú dòng xǔduō chóu.
She feared a small boat, 舴艋, could not bear so much sorrow.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

měng