jiǎng

oar; paddle

CL:隻|只[zhi1]

sound (丬夕) + wood (木) = a wooden paddle

木 is the meaningful core — an oar is fundamentally a wooden tool. 丬 and 夕 together mainly shape the sound jiǎng rather than the meaning.

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他拿起慢慢地划向对岸。

tā ná qǐ jiǎng màn màn de huá xiàng duì àn 。

he picked up the oar and slowly rowed toward the other shore.

船上只有一只,我们轮流来划。

chuán shàng zhǐ yǒu yì zhī jiǎng , wǒ men lún liú lái huá 。

there is only one oar on the boat, so we take turns rowing.

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