# 艘

| 艘 | U+8258, &#33368; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8258 |
| ← 艗 [U+8257] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 艙 → [U+8259] |

## Translingual
### Han character

艘 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜竹難水 (HYHXE), four-corner 2744$_7$, composition ⿰舟叟)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1012, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30511
* Dae Jaweon: page 1470, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3064, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8258

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 㮴 | *suːw |
| 艘 | *suːw, *sɯːw |
| 嫂 | *suːwʔ |
| 瞍 | *sɯːw, *suːʔ |
| 謏 | *slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ |
| 叜 | *sluːʔ |
| 叟 | *suːʔ |
| 傁 | *suːʔ |
| 廋 | *suːʔ, *sru |
| 醙 | *suʔ, *sru |
| 遚 | *sʰrus |
| 餿 | *sru |
| 搜 | *sru |
| 颼 | *sru |
| 溲 | *sru, *sruʔ |
| 鎪 | *sru |
| 獀 | *sru |
| 鄋 | *sru |
| 螋 | *sru, *sro |
| 騪 | *sru |
| 瘦 | *srus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *suːw, *sɯːw): semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sōu, sāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ, ㄙㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^2$ / sau$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): só / só͘ / so
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sou$^2$ / so$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sou
*** Wade–Giles: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
*** Palladius: соу (sou)
*** Sinological IPA : /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sao
*** Wade–Giles: sao$^1$
*** Yale: sāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
*** Palladius: сао (sao)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ / sau$^1$
*** Yale: sáu / sāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ / sau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ / seo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
*** Tâi-lô: só
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soir
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
*** Tâi-lô: sóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
*** Tâi-lô: so
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sou$^2$ / so$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóu / so
*** Sinological IPA : /sou⁵²/, /so³³/
* Middle Chinese: sew
Rime :
| Character | 艘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 蘇彫切 |
| Baxter | sew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /seu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /seu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /seu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /seu/ |
| Wang Li | /sieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*suːw/, /*sɯːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 艘 | 艘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12064 | 12066 |
| Phonetic component | 叟 | 叟 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 騷 | 蕭 |
| Old Chinese | /*suːw/ | /*sɯːw/ |
| Notes | 見說苑，說文從木 | 見說苑 |

### Definitions

艘
* Classifier for boats, ships, vessels.
    一艘小船 ― yī sōu xiǎochuán ― a small boat
* (literary) ship

#### Synonyms

* (classifier for vessels):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 艘, 隻, 條 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 條, 隻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 條, 隻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 條, 隻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 個, 隻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 隻, 條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 隻, 條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 條 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 條 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 隻, 架, 部 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 隻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 條 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 條 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 條, 隻 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 條 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 條 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 條 |
| Hakka | Changting | 隻 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 隻 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 條 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 隻 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 條 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 隻 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 條 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 條 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 條 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 隻 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 條 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 條 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 隻, 頂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 隻, 頂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 隻, 頂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 隻 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 架 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 隻 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 隻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 隻, 條 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 隻, 條 |

### Compounds

* 客艘
* 征艘
* 文艘
* 楚艘
* 海艘
* 漕艘
* 貢艘 / 贡艘
* 連艘 / 连艘
* 運艘 / 运艘
* 遊艘 / 游艘
* 龍艘 / 龙艘

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): そう (sō)
* Kun: ふね (fune, 艘)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 艘
* そう Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 艘 (MC sew).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [so̞ː]

### Counter

艘(そう) • (-sō)
* small boats

## Korean
### Hanja

艘 (eum 소 (so))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

艘: Hán Nôm readings: sưu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.