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舱 (traditional form 艙) is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical 舟 (zhōu, 'boat') on the left with the component 仓 (cāng, 'storehouse, granary') on the right. The boat radical places the character in a maritime context, while 仓, besides giving the pronunciation, suggests an enclosed storage area. The character originally denoted a ship's cabin, hold, or any enclosed compartment for passengers or cargo. With the rise of aviation and space travel, its meaning naturally expanded to refer to the enclosed passenger and cargo compartments of aircraft and spacecraft.
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我坐在船舱里。
请把舱门关好。
货舱里装满了货物。
客舱服务非常周到。
太空舱的设计很先进。
飞行员检查了机舱设备。
船舱的窗户可以打开透气。
紧急情况下，必须优先疏散客舱乘客。
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