艗

Information about character(s)

Radical: 舟
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yì
Cantonese: jat6 jik6

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bow of junk

CE-Dict: bow of a Chinese boat

康熙字典文字版 【未集下】【舟字部】艗
【廣韻】五歷切【集韻】【韻會】倪歷切，𠀤音鷁。【廣韻】艗舟，舟頭爲鷁首。【揚子·方言】船首謂之閤閭，或謂之艗艏。【註】鷁，鳥名也。今江東貴人船前作靑雀，是其象也。鷁，音亦。【司馬相如·子虛賦】浮文鷁，揚旌栧。【正字通】晉王濬造大舟，畫鷁鳥怪獸於船首以懼江神。本作鷁，後人因名舟爲艗。　又【集韻】宜戟切，音逆。義同。