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Kanji Detail for 船 - "ship, boat"

船

  • Meaning

    船 means "ship, boat."

    1. Ship - A large vessel for water transport.

    2. Boat - A smaller watercraft.

  • Words using 船

    • 漁船 ぎょせん Listen fishing boat
    • 船舶 せんぱく Listen vessel; ship; shipping
    • 船長 せんちょう Listen ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship
    • 造船 ぞうせん Listen shipbuilding
    • 船橋 ふなばし Listen pontoon bridge; floating bridge; bridge (of a ship)
    • 艦船 かんせん Listen warships and other vessels; naval vessels
    • 風船 ふうせん Listen balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
    • 客船 きゃくせん Listen passenger boat

  • Four-character idioms with 船

    • 南船北馬 なんせんほくば Listen constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move
    • 白河夜船 しらかわよふね Listen being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner

  • Tattoo check: 船

    • Verified meaning: ship, boat
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ふね)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 船

    Given names 船(ふね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ship; boat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ship, boat, vessel

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 船[chuan2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ship, boat, vessel

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A general term for boats.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    funa(ふな) ふな

    fune(ふね) ふね

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    舟 (fune・funehen)

  • Related Keywords

    ship boat anchor barge bow captain cargo crew dock ferry harbor hull keel navigation port sail seafaring stern vessel voyage maritime

Sentences including 船

  • The boat drifted about on the sea.

  • Suddenly , the captain left the ship.

  • You had better have gone by ship.

  • He caught sight of a ship in the distance.

  • They are now aboard the ship.

  • How many people are on board the ship?

  • Sailing a boat makes us happy.

  • He became a sailor.

  • Please send this by sea mail.

  • The ship made for the shore.

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