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CHINESE CHARACTER

chuán

船

船

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bow

HSK 2
Numbered pinyin
chuan2
English meanings
bottom, body, ship, catcher, bow, bark, boat, shipboard, prow, watercraft, craft, drone, vessel, keel, sailer

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 舟; right (Top–bottom arrangement: top 几; bottom 口.).

  • Left

    舟

  • Right

    ⿱
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Meaning & sound clues

舟 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “ship”.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰舟⿱几口

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒmen我们zuò坐chuán船guò过hé河。

    We cross the river by boat.

  2. 02

    hú湖shàng上yǒu有yī一tiáo条chuán船。

    There's a boat on the lake.

  3. 03

    chuán船mànmàn慢慢de地kāi开zǒu走le了。

    The boat sailed away slowly.

  4. 04

    zuò坐chuán船kěyǐ可以kàn看fēngjǐng风景。

    You can see the sights from a boat.

  5. 05

    chuán船dào到mǎtou码头le了。

    The boat reached the dock.

  6. 06

    zhè这sōu艘chuán船hěn很dà大。

    This ship is very big.

Related words

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  • 划船
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  • 游船
  • 船只
  • 船员
  • 船桨
  • 船舶
  • 船长
  • 轮船
  • 飞船
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