舟(zhōu): boat
HSK 7-96 strokes
boat
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Meaning
- boat
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 舟 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Pictograph
⿻？？A boat
A drawing of the thing it names.
How to write 舟 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 舟
Common words using 舟 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an…
Open 刻舟求剑 page →cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests
Open 同舟共济 page →Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
Open 吴越同舟 page →Related characters
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