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  • boat

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 舟 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.

Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 駱駝是沙漠之舟。 A camel is to the desert what a ship is to the sea.
  • 端午節要賽龍舟。 During the Dragon Boat Festival, there needs to be a dragon boat race.
  • 我們乘著獨木舟向河的下游而行。 We went down a river by canoe.
  • 七月十七日,方舟停在亞美尼亞的山上。 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

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