舟 (zhōu)

boat (literary); small ship

How 舟 is written

方舟 fāngzhōu: ark
泛舟 fànzhōu: to go boating
破釜沉舟 pòfǔchénzhōu: lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats
舟山 zhōushān: Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands); formerly Dinghai 定海
舟山市 zhōushānshì: Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands); formerly Dinghai 定海
風雨同舟 fēngyǔtóngzhōu: lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
刻舟求劍 kèzhōuqiújiàn: lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
扁舟 piānzhōu: small boat; skiff
獨木舟 dúmùzhōu: canoe
神舟 shénzhōu: Shenzhou (spacecraft); Hasee (computer manufacturer)
舟曲 zhōuqǔ: Zhugqu or Zhouqu county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu
蘭舟 lánzhōu: lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat

我們每年都會去看划龍舟。

Wǒmen měinián dōu huì qù kàn huá lóngzhōu.

“We go to watch dragon boat racing every year.”

舟 is the 2,219th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.8% of all running text.

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