艘
sōu
HSK 6
#1,468 most
frequent character
classifier for ships, Taiwan pr. sao1
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Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
艘 puts 舟, a boat, first for its meaning, and 叟 sǒu supplies the sound, which matches except in tone. It first meant a general word for boats, and from there came its use as a counting word for ships.
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Example Sentences
这艘船非常大。
zhè sōu chuán fēicháng dà 。
This ship is very big.
他买了一艘新的游艇。
tā mǎi le yīsōu xīnde yóutǐng 。
He bought a new yacht.
艘数在今天的比赛中增加了。
sōu shù zài jīntiān de bǐsài zhōng zēngjiā le 。
The number of ships increased in today’s race.
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