船
船 — Ship
ship, boat
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiふね (fune)
Kun’yomiふな- (funa)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 船
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 船 | ふね fune | ship; boat; watercraft |
| 漁船 | ぎょせん gyosen | fishing boat |
| 船長 | せんちょう senchou | ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship |
| 船舶 | せんぱく senpaku | vessel; ship; shipping |
| 造船 | ぞうせん zousen | shipbuilding |
| 船橋 | ふなばし funabashi | pontoon bridge; floating bridge; bridge (of a ship) |
Study notes
船 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #713 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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