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舵
duò
1. helm
2. rudder
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

舵
duò
helm, rudder
11 丶

Compound Words (16)

右舵
yòuduò
right rudder
操舵
cāoduò
to steer (a vessel)
满舵
mǎnduò
on full rudder
舵手
duòshǒu
helmsman
舵把
duòbǎ
tiller of a boat
舵旁
duòpáng
helm (of a ship)
船舵
chuánduò
rudder
左舵
zuǒduò
left rudder
把舵
bǎduò
to hold the rudder
掌舵
zhǎngduò
to steer (a ship)
大舵手
DàDuòshǒu
the Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong)
操舵室
cāoduòshì
pilothouse
顺风转舵
shùnfēngzhuǎnduò
to act according to whatever is the current outlook
见风使舵
jiànfēngshǐduò
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
见风转舵
jiànfēngzhuǎnduò
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
随风倒舵
suífēngdǎoduò
to trim one's sails with the wind

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,087
Word Frequency Rank
6,410 of 84,292

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