舱 (cāng): cabin, the hold of a ship or airplane
舱 (cāng) is a Chinese character meaning “cabin.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (structural) and 仓 (structural). It ranks #1829 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 舱 a ship's 舟 cabin 仓; 仓 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 舟 (boat) appears in many related characters such as 般 (bān, sort), 船 (chuán, boat), 航 (háng, boat).
Definitions
- cabin
- the hold of a ship or airplane
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA ship's 舟 cabin 仓; 仓 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰舟仓 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头等舱noun | tóu děng cāng | 1st class cabin |
| 驾驶舱noun | jià shǐ cāng | cockpit |
| 船舱noun | chuán cāng | hold of ship |
| 机舱noun | jī cāng | cabin of a plane |
| 经济舱noun | jīng jì cāng | economy class |
| 货舱 | huò cāng | cargo hold |
| 太空舱 | tài kōng cāng | space capsule |
| 舱位noun | cāng wèi | shipping space |
| 座舱noun | zuò cāng | cockpit |
| 客舱noun | kè cāng | passenger cabin |
| 舱外活动noun | cāng wài huó dòng | extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) |
| 飞机舱门 | fēi jī cāng mén | airplane cabin door |
| 二等舱 | èr děng cāng | second class cabin |
| 公务舱noun | gōng wù cāng | business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc) |
| 推进舱 | tuī jìn cāng | propulsion module |
舱 appears in 34 compound words: 9 as the first character, 85 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 舱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好舱字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo cāng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "舱" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
东航客机降落后舱内起火 原因未明多人不适
dōng háng kè jī jiàng luò hòu cāng nèi qǐ huǒ yuán yīn wèi míng duō rén bù shì
Fire breaks out in the cabin of a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane after landing; cause unknown; several passengers feel unwell
新 SU7 座舱有哪些变化?老车主真实体验(座舱篇) #...
xīn S U 7 zuò cāng yǒu nǎ xiē biàn huà ? lǎo chē zhǔ zhēn shí tǐ yàn ( zuò cāng piān ) . . .
What's new in the SU7's interior? Real-world experiences from current owners (Interior Edition) #...
...sé金发维持7年内幕!替韩造型师买商务舱飞LA 只为补染发根
. . . s e jīn fā wéi chí 7 nián nèi mù ! tì hán zào xíng shī mǎi shāng wù cāng fēi L A zhī wéi bǔ rǎn fā gēn
...The secret behind maintaining her blonde hair for 7 years! She bought a business-class ticket to LA for her Korean stylist—just to touch up her roots.
.../一张机票将近45万元 网红开箱新航头等舱套房超奢华
. . . yī zhāng jī piào jiāng jìn 4 5 wàn yuán wǎng hóng kāi xiāng xīn háng tóu děng cāng tào fáng chāo shē huá
.../A ticket of nearly 450,000 yuan Internet celebrity unboxing Singapore Airlines first-class suite is super luxurious
用好“压舱石” 激发新动能——天津滨海新区项目引领...
yòng hǎo yā cāng shí jī fā xīn dòng néng — — tiān jīn bīn hǎi xīn qū xiàng mù yǐn lǐng . . .
Make good use of the "ballast stone" to stimulate new momentum - Tianjin Binhai New Area project leads...
未来飞行员会在虚拟驾驶舱里训练。
Wèilái fēixíngyuán huì zài xūnǐ jiàshǐcāng lǐ xùnliàn.
The future pilot is trained in a mock cockpit.
Character Family
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