船艄

chuánshāo

noun

Meanings

1 stern of a boat
2 rear of a vessel

Characters

stern (of a boat)

Examples

他坐在船艄看着波浪。

Tā zuò zài chuánshāo kàn zhe bōlàng.

He sat at the stern watching the waves.

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

Stroke Order

船 chuán

艄 shāo