noun
Refers to the steering device of a boat or ship; also used metaphorically for control or direction.
船長が舵を取った。
The captain took the helm.
会社の舵取りは難しい。
Steering the company is difficult.
Out-dated kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Out-dated kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Native Japanese word. The kanji 舵 is a phono-semantic compound with 舟 (boat) and 它 (a phonetic component), adopted to represent the meaning 'rudder'.