zhào

dialect
noun
verb

Meaning of

棹 means oar; paddle; scull; to row (a boat); to paddle. Pronounced zhào.

  • oar; paddle; scull
  • to row (a boat); to paddle

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Chuán
zhào
 
shú
liàn
de
huá
le
lái
 

The boatman picked up the wooden oar and rowed skillfully.

Zhè
gēn
zhào
shì
yòng
shàng
hǎo
de
nán
zhì
chéng
de
 

This oar is made of high-quality nanmu wood.

Measure Words

/ gēn
Primary
/ zhī