龙舟
lóng zhoū · HSK 7
dragon boat
🐉🛶 龙 dragon + 舟 boat = dragon boat, the long racing boat rowed at the Duanwu festival
龙 is dragon and 舟 is an old word for boat (the same 舟 in 划船 row a boat). Sounds: lóng zhōu. These narrow boats race to drum beats during the Dragon Boat Festival.
龙 — simplified form of 龍; phonetic-pictographic
龙 is the simplified form of the traditional 龍, an ancient pictograph depicting a serpentine dragon with a crested head, scaly body, and curling tail. In oracle bone script it was clearly drawn as a mythical reptile. The character has always meant 'dragon', a powerful and auspicious creature in Chinese culture.