艏 = 舟 + 首

艏 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bow of a ship”. It is built from 舟 (boat) and 首 (head).

Keyword: bow of a ship
Pinyin (Mandarin): shǒu
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: нос корабля

Decomposition

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舟 boat
首 head

How to find 艏 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “boat” + “head”. 艏 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 艏 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.