船桨
chuánjiǎng · HSK 7
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🚣 船 ship + 桨 paddle — the oar that moves the boat
船 (chuán) means ship or boat. 桨 (jiǎng) means paddle. Together they name the handheld blade you dip and pull to row forward.
船 — boat radical 舟 + 㕣 (phonetic)
船 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 舟 depicts a boat and gives the meaning, while the right side 㕣 originally suggested the sound. Together they refer to a ship or vessel, a meaning that has stayed stable since early seal script.