yì​shǒu

bow of a boat

  • created reference approved 鹢首/鷁首 → 鹢/鷁 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹢首 / 鷁首 yì​shǒu

    鹢 / 鷁 yì

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鹢首/鷁首 · yì​shǒu · bow of a boat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹢首 / 鷁首

    yì​shǒu

    bow of a boat

    (literary) the bow or prow of a boat, which in ancient China often had a picture of an aquatic bird painted on it; also used as a metaphor for the boat itself

    鹢 (literal) → 鹢/鷁 · yì · waterfowl 首 (literal) → 首 · shǒu · head

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense