舟

boat

舟 = 丹 + ⺀ : Mnemonic symbol: 舟 looks like the tower of a yellow submarine. In front of the outhouse (ou1), James II of England (zh) stands next to his yellow submarine (舟) and asks you: will you swallow the blossom (⺀) and continue your quiet life? Or will you swallow the red pill (丹) and follow him on his adventures in the submarine?

舟 character breakdown

舟
- 丹
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- ⺀
  - 丶

丹

da̅n = d + an1

red / pellet / powder / cinnabar

丹 = ⺆ + 亠 : Ever since Don Quixote stapled a beret to his head in front of the anthill, he has these weird headaches. To fight them, he swallows lots of painkillers in form of red pills.

⺀

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺀ = 丶 : Two petals form a blossom, so let's represent ⺀ by a beautiful blossom.

Characters with 舟 as component

船

chuán = chu + an2

boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

船 = 舟 + 几 + 口 : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.

船

舩

chuán = chu + an2

variant of 船[chuan2]

舰

艦

jiàn = ji + an4

warship

舰 = 舟 + 见 : Joan of Arc (ji) found a very old yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She is able to retrieve an old surveillance camera (见) from it and can see on the videotape how the submarine was totaled by a warship (舰) during the last war.

舶

bó = b + o2

ship

舶 = 舟 + 白 : Beelzebub (b) plans to go to sea on his new sea-going vessel (舶), but in the observatory's kitchen (o2) he is already attacked by a yellow submarine (舟). Because he has no chance against the submarine he can only wave with his white flag (白).

舵

duò = du + o4

helm / rudder

般

pán = p + an2

see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]

般

ba̅n = b + an1

sort / kind / class / way / manner

般 = 殳 + 舟 : Mnemonic symbol from 般雀·比拉多, Pontius Pilatus

In front of the anthill, Beelzebub is waiting for Pontius Pilatus to take him to hell with his yellow submarine. Pontius tries to defend himself with a halberd, but Beelzebub only laughs at him.

艇

tǐng = ti + (e)ng3

vessel / small ship

艇 = 廷 + 舟 : engine has been flooded, and inside ((e)ng3) there's water everywhere. Mother Teresa (ti) arrived with her yellow submarine (舟) and changed into a small boat (艇) to explore the remains. She's specifically looking for the former palace courtyard (廷).

盘

盤

pán = p + an2

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

盘 = 皿 + 舟 : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.

舱

艙

ca̅ng = c + ang1

cabin / the hold of a ship or airplane

舱 = 仓 + 舟 : The King of Chu (c) set up a barn (仓) on top of a yellow submarine (舟) in front of the anglepod (ang1) to add another passenger cabin (舱), but he didn't consider what will happen once the submarine submerges.

航

háng = h + ang2

boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly

航 = 亢 + 舟 : Hamlet (h) decided to run away to sea 13 years ago. Now, having sailed (航) the seven seas, he's an accomplished captain and looking out of his yellow submarine (舟) wearing a turtleneck sweater (亢) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2).

艘

so̅u = s + ou1

classifier for ships / Taiwan pr. [sao1]

艘 = 叟 + 舟 : Socrates (s) wants to take out the old gentleman (叟) in front of the outhouse (ou1). As a special surprise he picks the old gentleman up with his only one (艘) yellow submarine (舟).