艘 Strokes Write it Listen 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7–9 15 strokes Radical 舟 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from舟meaningzhōuboat, ship叟soundsǒuold man; elder How it works舟 hints at the meaning (ship), and 叟 sǒu hints at the sound.