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Mythic Mandarin

龙舟 (lóng zhōu): meaning and stroke order

龙舟 (lóng zhōu) means dragon boat, imperial boat.

龙舟

Simplified
龙舟
Traditional
龍舟
Pinyin
lóng zhōu

Stroke order of 龙舟

龙

  • Lóng surname Long
  • lóng Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 龍

Stroke by stroke

舟

  • zhōu boat
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 龙舟

  1. lóng zhōu Traditional 龍舟
    • dragon boat
    • imperial boat

Radicals of the characters

龙
Radical 龙 (Kangxi radical 212) in its simplified form · 5 strokes · built from 𡯃 and 丶
舟
Radical 舟 (Kangxi radical 137) · 6 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

龙舟 in our stories

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  • 曾琳在德国汉堡读书，今年端午节，学校的中国学生会想办一次龙舟比赛。

    Zēng Lín zài Déguó Hànbǎo dúshū jīnnián Duānwǔjié xuéxiào de Zhōngguó xuéshenghuì xiǎng bàn yí cì lóngzhōu bǐsài

    Zeng Lin was studying in Hamburg, Germany. This year, for the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chinese students' association wanted to hold a dragon boat race.

    From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5

Stories using 龙舟

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).