Radical 137
| 舟 | |
|---|---|
Radical 137 (U+2F88)
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| 舟 (U+821F) "boat" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | zhōu |
| Bopomofo: | ㄓㄡ |
| Wade–Giles: | chou1 |
| Cantonese Yale: | jau1 |
| Jyutping: | zau1 |
| Japanese Kana: | シュウ shū / シュ shu (on'yomi) ふね fune (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 주 ju |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | 舟字旁 zhōuzìpáng |
| Japanese name(s): | 舟/ふね fune 舟偏/ふねへん funehen |
| Hangul: | 배 bae |
| Stroke order animation | |
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Radical 137 or radical boat (舟部) meaning "boat" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 197 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
舟 is also the 139th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution

Shang dynasty Bronze script
Western Zhou Bronze script
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
月 in 前 came from this character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 舟 |
| +2 | 舠 䑠 |
| +3 | 舡 舢 舣SC (=艤) 舤 䑡 䑢 䑣 |
| +4 | 舥 舦 舧 舨 舩 (=船) 航 舫 般 舭 舮 (=艫) 舯 舰SC (=艦) 舱SC |
| +5 | 舲 舳 舴 舵 舶 舷 舸 船 舺 舻SC (=艫) 䑦 䑧 䑨 䑩 |
| +6 | 舼 舽 舾 舿 䑪 䑫 䑬 䑭 䑮 |
| +7 | 艀 艁 (=造 -> 辵) 艂 艃 艄 艅 艆 艇 艈 (=毓 -> 毋) 艉 䑯 䑰 |
| +8 | 艊 艋 艌 艍 䑱 䑲 (=櫂 -> 木) 䑳 䑴 䑵 䑶 䑷 䑸 |
| +9 | 艎 艏 艐 艑 艒 艓 艔 䑹 䑺 䑻 |
| +10 | 艕 艖 艗 艘 艙 䑼 䑽 䑾 |
| +11 | 艚 艛 艜 艝 䑿 䒀 䒁 䒂 䒃 䒄 䒅 |
| +12 | 艞 艟 艠 䒆 䒇 䒈 |
| +13 | 艡 艢 (=檣 -> 木) 艣 (=櫓 -> 木) 艤 艥 |
| +14 | 艦 艧 艨 艩 䒉 |
| +15 | 艪 (=櫓) |
| +16 | 艫 |
| +17 | 艬 |
| +18 | 艭 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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