船 – ship, boat

11 strokesTaught in grade 2#713 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 船 means ship, boat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふね、ふな- (fune, funa). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 舟 (no. 137).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	ふね	fune
Kun’yomi	ふな-	funa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 舟 (Kangxi radical 137). Components: 口・舟・ハ.

Words using 船

造船ぞうせんshipbuilding風船ふうせんballoon (toy or decoration)船便ふなびんsurface mail (by ship)船せんship汽船きせんsteamship漁船ぎょせんfishing boat船舶せんぱくvessel

Example sentences

風船が空に上がっていった。

The balloon went up in the sky.

Tatoeba #83922

この小包を船便で送ってください。

Please send this parcel by surface mail.

Tatoeba #221135

その汽船は香港に立ち寄った。

The liner called at Hong Kong.

Tatoeba #211518

Kanji with the same radical

般航艦舶舟艘

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.