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艄

shāo
noun #94,313

Meanings

  1. 1 stern of a boat
  2. 2 rudder area

Examples

HSK 6
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.
HSK 7-9
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.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

艄 shāo