Chinese symbol for “starboard”
右舷
yòu xián
starboard (of a ship)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for starboard is 右舷 (yòu xián), defined as: starboard (of a ship).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 右舷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | left and right; nearby |
| 右派 | yòu pài | (political) right; right wing |
| 右手 | yòu shǒu | right hand; right-hand side |
| 右边 (右邊) | yòu bian | right side; right, to the right |
| 右翼 | yòu yì | the right flank; (politically) right-wing |
| 右侧 (右側) | yòu cè | right side |
| 左舷 | zuǒ xián | port (side of a ship) |
| 船舷 | chuán xián | the sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges |
See also: Japanese symbol for “starboard”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.