舵 — Chinese character
舵
duò
helm, rudder
- Pinyin
- duò
- Radical
- 137 ⾈ (Boat)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 舟 它
- Formation
- pictophonetic — boat; meaning component 舟; sound component 它
- Japanese
- 舵 as a kanji
Common words with 舵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掌舵 | zhǎng duò | to steer (a ship) |
| 舵手 | duò shǒu | helmsman |
| 船舵 | chuán duò | rudder; helm of a ship |
| 操舵 | cāo duò | to steer (a vessel); to hold the rudder |
| 满舵 (滿舵) | mǎn duò | on full rudder; turning as sharply as possible |
| 见风使舵 (見風使舵) | jiàn fēng shǐ duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation |
| 把舵 | bǎ duò | to hold the rudder; to hold (to take, to be at) the helm |
| 见风转舵 (見風轉舵) | jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation |
| 右舵 | yòu duò | right rudder |
| 左舵 | zuǒ duò | left rudder |
| 操舵室 | cāo duò shì | pilothouse |
| 舵把 | duò bǎ | tiller of a boat |
English words written with 舵
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.