Boat radical 舟 (zhōu): 9 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Boat radical 舟 (zhōu): 9 characters舟 (zhōu) is Kangxi radical no. 137, “boat”. In this form it is written with 6 strokes.As a radical, 舟 (zhōu) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “boat” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.The characters range from 6 to 15 strokes. None of them is in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.Good ones to start with: 船 (chuán) boat / ship / vessel, 般 (bān) sort.Characters with this radical6 strokes

舟 (zhōu) - boat

10 strokes

般 (bān) - sort

航 (háng) - vessel, craft

舱 (cāng) - cabin

舰 (jiàn) - warship

11 strokes

船 (chuán) - boat / ship / vessel

舶 (bó) - ship

12 strokes

艇 (tǐng) - boat

15 strokes

艘 (sōu) - classifier for ships

← 舌 (shé) · All characters · 虍 (hū) →Data sources

Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License