艏

艏 · shǒu

bow of a ship

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shǒu
Cantonese
sau2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bow of a ship

Dictionary definitions & readings

艏 shǒu · bow of a ship

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53065.050:shǒu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1057.020:shǒu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
339.050:shǒu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shǒu粵sau2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュ シュウ Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HYTHU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2846.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1011.370 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+824F
Radical
舟 · 137
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7797

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

15 strokes
艏
Strokes
15
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

15 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1118.602
kDaeJaweon
1470.070
kHanYu
53065.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1470.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53065.050
kIRGKangXi
1011.370
kKangXi
1011.370
kMorohashi
30477
kSMSZD2003Index
569.10
kCangjie
HYTHU
kFourCornerCode
2846.1
kMojiJoho
MJ021422
kPhonetic
1144*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-743C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E746
kIRG_JSource
J14-756D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6CBF
kIRG_KSource
K2-565F
kIRG_TSource
T2-532F
kRSUnicode
137.9
kTotalStrokes
15
kBigFive
E746
kCCCII
227B50
kCNS1986
2-532F
kCNS1992
2-532F
kEACC
227B50
kGB0
8428
kGB1
8428
kJIS0213
2,85,77
kJis1
5503
kTGH
2013:7797
kXerox
320:374
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15042+137.6.9
kCantonese
sau2
kDefinition
bow of a ship
kHanyuPinyin
53065.050:shǒu
kJapanese
シュ シュウ
kJapaneseKun
HUNE
kJapaneseOn
SHUU OU
kMandarin
shǒu
kSMSZD2003Readings
shǒu粵sau2
kTGHZ2013
339.050:shǒu
kXHC1983
1057.020:shǒu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 艏0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
舟 beside 首 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰舟首$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰舟首$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.