Read Edit View history 艘 sōu HSK7 counter for ships Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound. Components 舟 舟 Meaning component zhōu boat 叟 叟 Sound component sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangsuːwsɯːwUnicodeseusɑu Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang