large boat

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

boat

Sound component
able to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːlʔ
Unicodegɑ̌

說文解字

舟也。从舟可聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica