Word and Radical Components of 独木舟

The Chinese word 独木舟 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
独木舟		1. Simplified form of 獨木舟

独木舟 ⇨ 独 + 木 + 舟

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
独		1. Simplified form of 獨
木	mù	1. tree; woody plant
		Synonyms: 樹
		樹木 - tree
		灌木 - shrub
		木芍藥 - tree peony
		2. wood; timber
		木頭tou - log
		3. wooden
		這張桌子是木的。 - This table is made of wood
		4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
		木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
		棺木 - coffin
		就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
		5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
		有木有 - innit, damn right
		6. numb
		麻木 - numb, insensitive
		她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
舟	zhōu	1. (literary) boat
		同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat
		2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat

独 ⇨ 犭 + 虫

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
犬	quǎn	1. (formal or in compounds or Min Dong, Waxiang, dialectal Wu) dog
犬		警犬 - police dog
虫		1. insect
		2. Variant of 蟲
		3. Variant of 虺