艘 (sōu): classifier for ships
艘 (sōu) is a Chinese character meaning “classifier for ships.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (semantic) and 叟 (phonetic). It ranks #1461 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 艘 ship. Its radical form 舟 (boat) appears in many related characters such as 般 (bān, sort), 船 (chuán, boat), 航 (háng, boat).
Definitions
- classifier for ships
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
艘 appears in 0 compound words: 0 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 艘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
艘字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
sōu zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "艘" has different usages in different contexts.
选择性封锁!伊朗管控荷莫兹海峡 5艘“友好国船只”成功通行
xuǎn zé xìng fēng suǒ ! yī lǎng guǎn kòng hé mò zī hǎi xiá 5 sōu yǒu hǎo guó chuán zhī chéng gōng tōng háng
Selective Blockade! Iran Imposes Restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz; Five "Friendly Nations' Vessels" Successfully Pass Through
美伊开战首艘!中国超级油轮避开荷莫兹海峡 绕道红海运...
měi yī kāi zhàn shǒu sōu ! zhōng guó chāo jí yóu lún bì kāi hé mò zī hǎi xiá rào dào hóng hǎi yùn . . .
First since the U.S.-Iran conflict began! Chinese supertanker bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, taking a detour through the Red Sea...
开战后 首艘中国油轮绕道红海载油回国
kāi zhàn hòu shǒu sōu zhōng guó yóu lún rào dào hóng hǎi zài yóu huí guó
After the outbreak of hostilities, the first Chinese oil tanker took a detour through the Red Sea to transport oil back to China
试航前最后准备!陆第2艘国产大邮轮下月中旬出坞
shì háng qián zuì hòu zhǔn bèi ! lù dì 2 sōu guó chǎn dà yóu lún xià yuè zhōng xún chū 坞
Final preparations before sea trial! The second domestically produced cruise ship on land will be docked in the middle of next month
美军称对一艘“贩毒船”实施打击 打死3人
měi jūn chèn duì yī sōu fàn dú chuán shí shī dǎ jī dǎ sǐ 3 rén
The U.S. military said it had struck a "drug trafficking ship" and killed three people
一艘巨大的液货船刚刚启航。
Yī sōu jùdà de yè huòchuán gānggang qǐháng.
A huge tanker cast off just now.
船上有多少艘救生艇？
Chuán shàng yǒu duōshao sōu jiùshēngtǐng?
How many lifeboats are on this ship?
我想要一艘船带我远离这里。
Wǒ xiǎngyào yī sōu chuán dài wǒ yuǎnlí zhèli.
I want a boat that'll take me far away from here.
这艘船的长度是30米。
Zhè sōu chuán de chángdù shì 30 mǐ.
The length of this ship is 30 meters.
Character Family
舟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the boat radical
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