艚

艚 · cáo

ship

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cáo
Cantonese
cou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

ship

Dictionary definitions & readings

艚 cáo · seagoing junk

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53066.150:cáo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0107.040:cáo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
032.160:cáo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cáo粵cou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ ゾウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
조:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
tàu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昨勞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HYTWA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2546.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1012.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.34 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+825A
Radical
舟 · 137
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7957

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
艚
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzaw · 昨勞 · 效開一平豪從 · #719

PHONO-ML, source line 5890; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1119.107
kCowles
4787
kDaeJaweon
1470.380
kHanYu
53066.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1470.380
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53066.150
kIRGKangXi
1012.200
kKangXi
1012.200
kMeyerWempe
3422
kMorohashi
30523
kSBGY
158.34
kSMSZD2003Index
569.14
kCangjie
HYTWA
kFourCornerCode
2546.6
kMojiJoho
MJ021437
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-743D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDF1
kIRG_JSource
J0-675D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6CD4
kIRG_KSource
K1-6D2F
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E5E
kIRG_VSource
V0-4229
kRSUnicode
137.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDF1
kCCCII
227B5E
kCNS1986
2-5E5E
kCNS1992
2-5E5E
kEACC
227B5E
kGB0
8429
kGB1
8429
kJis0
7161
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7957
kTaiwanTelegraph
9098
kXerox
316:375
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6312+137.6.11
kCantonese
cou4
kDefinition
ship
kFanqie
昨勞
kHangul
조:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53066.150:cáo
kJapanese
ソウ ゾウ
kJapaneseKun
FUNE KOBUNE
kJapaneseOn
SOU ZOU
kKorean
CO
kMandarin
cáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
cáo粵cou4
kTGHZ2013
032.160:cáo
kVietnamese
tàu
kXHC1983
0107.040:cáo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 艚0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
舟 beside 曹 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰舟曹$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰舟曹$(GHTJKPV)

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