艘 – counter for small boats

16 strokesN2 vocabulary

The kanji 艘 means counter for small boats. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ、シュウ、ソウ (shou, shuu, sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふね (fune). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 舟 (no. 137).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	ふね	fune

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: 支・舟・日・又.

Words using 艘

艘そうcounter for (small) boats

Example sentences

これらの人々が３艘の船で彼の国へやってきました。

These men had come to his country in three ships.

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Kanji with the same radical

般航船艦舶舟

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