船 chuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
船
chuán
boat; ship
Character
Example phrases
- 船来了。 Chuán lái le. The boat is coming.
- 我们坐船。 Wǒmen zuò chuán. We take a boat.
- 那条船很大。 Nà tiáo chuán hěn dà. That ship is big.