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舵

duò

Character

What 舵 means

1. helm
2. rudder

Words starting with 舵

• 舵手duò shǒuhelmsman
• 舵把duò bǎtiller of a boat
• 舵旁duò pánghelm (of a ship)

Words containing 舵

• 右舵yòu duòright rudder
• 左舵zuǒ duòleft rudder
• 把舵bǎ duòto hold the rudder; to hold (to take, to be at) the helm; to steer
• 掌舵zhǎng duòto steer (a ship)
• 操舵cāo duòto steer (a vessel); to hold the rudder; at the helm
• 满舵mǎn duòon full rudder; turning as sharply as possible
• 船舵chuán duòrudder; helm of a ship
• 大舵手Dà Duò shǒuthe Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong)
• 操舵室cāo duò shìpilothouse
• 见风使舵jiàn fēng shǐ duòlit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically…
• 见风转舵jiàn fēng zhuǎn duòlit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically…
• 随风倒舵suí fēng dǎo duòto trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the…
• 顺风转舵shùn fēng zhuǎn duòto act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled

Characters built on 它

These share the phonetic component 它 (tā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 鸵tuóostrich
• 坨tuómound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 佗tuócarry on the back
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Characters that look like 舵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 航hángboat; ship; craft
• 般bānsort; kind; class
• 舰jiànwarship
• 躯qūhuman body
• 赃zāngstolen goods; loot; spoils
• 铊tāthallium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read duò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 堕to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
• 惰lazy
• 跺to stamp one's feet
• 剁to chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)
• 驮load carried by a pack animal
• 垛pile
• 嶞mountain peak
• 柮wood scraps
• 饳used in 馉饳
• 刴variant of 剁
• 媠old variant of 惰