艇

tǐng
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vessel, small ship

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

艇 has 舟 boat as the meaning part and 廷 tíng as the sound part, close but different in tone. It first meant a little boat, then grew to small ship and vessel.

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Homophones

HSK 4
挺tǐng
to stick out, to (physically) straighten up

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