Memory phrase for the character: 舵

舵

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Meaning

helm, rudder

Pronunciation

duò

Explanation

Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: it (lifeless) 它 (Here: [boat-] bridge 宀, sitting person 匕) (Or: see 匕 with the meaning “spoon”, as a rudder on a boat)

Mnemonic

On the boat is a sitting person on the bridge at the: helm/rudder.

Radicals

舟	boat	It shows the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.
它	it (lifeless things)

Vocabulary

舵手	duò shǒu	helmsman
顺风转舵	shùn fēng zhuǎn duò	to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
随风倒舵	suí fēng dǎo duò	to trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
随风倒舵	suí fēng dǎo duò

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