筏 (fá) — raft | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A bound morpheme meaning 'raft,' almost always combined with a material or context: 竹筏 (bamboo raft), 木筏 (wooden raft), 皮筏 (leather raft).

bound form

raft

Easily confused

筏。
Tā men yòng zhú fá zài hú shàng lǚ xíng.
They traveled on the lake with a bamboo raft.
。
Zhè ge fá zi shì yòng mù tou zuò de.
This raft is made of wood.
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Zuò fá zi guò hé hěn yǒu yì si.
Crossing the river by raft is very interesting.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

竹伐筏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

伐

Same sound today

筏 has 竹 (bamboo) as its meaning part and 伐 as its sound part, pointing to a raft made of bamboo.