艘 = 舟 + 叟

艘 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “counter for ships”. It is built from 舟 (boat) and 叟 (old man).

Keyword: counter for ships
Pinyin (Mandarin): sōu
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: counter for ships, vessels, судов, счетчик для судов, vessels
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 艘 small craft

Decomposition

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舟 boat
叟 old man

How to find 艘 without knowing its reading

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

Open 艘 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.