划 huá
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 戈 spear, lance, halberd 刂 knife
划船
huáchuán
to row a boat
Characters in this word
船 chuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们去划船。 Wǒmen qù huáchuán. We go rowing.
- 他会划船。 Tā huì huáchuán. He can row a boat.
- 湖上划船吧。 Hú shàng huáchuán ba. Let’s go boating on the lake.