IDENTITY
舟zhōuboat
HSK 4Top 1050
CORE MEANING
boat
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.boatHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 舟boat radical (zhōu)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 舟
USAGE
Common words
龙舟lóngzhōudragon boat
小舟xiǎozhōusmall boat
Graded examples
端午节有龙舟比赛。Duānwǔjié yǒu lóngzhōu bǐsài.HSK4
There are dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 船
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A small boat seen from above: bow, body, stern.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1050
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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