Info on the Kanji 船

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What is this? "船"

Meaning(s)

ship, boat

Reading(s)

onyomi SEN
kunyomi fune, funa

Other

stroke count 11
grade 2
jlpt level N3
Example words with 船
WordMeaning
ふね
fune
ship / boat / watercraft / vessel / steamship / tank / tub / vat / trough / counter for boat-shaped containers
ひきふね
hiki fune
tugboat / towing / towage
げせん
gesen
going ashore
かいせん
kaisen
lighter / cargo vessel
かんふね
kan fune
government-owned ship
かんふね
kan fune
type of fast military boat used from the warring states period until the edo period
きゃくせん
kyakusen
passenger boat
けいせん
keisen
mooring
こうふね
kou fune
factory boat / floating cannery
くろふね
kurofune
black ships / product, person, etc. arriving from the west and disturbing the japanese market, etc.
でふね
defune
weighing anchor / setting sail / outgoing ship
しょうせん
shousen
merchant ship
しょうふね
shou fune
boat / small craft
うえふね
ue fune
embarking / embarkation / boarding
じょうせん
jousen
embarking / embarkation / boarding
しんふね
shin fune
new ship
おやふね
oya fune
mother ship
みずふね
mizu fune
water trough / track pan / cistern / water tank / boat transporting water / water boat / waterlogged boat / coffin
かわふね
kawa fune
riverboat / rivercraft
せんいん
sen in
sailor
せんがい
sengai
outboard / extra-vehicular
せんきゃく
senkyaku
passenger
ふながた
funagata
navicular / boat-shaped
せんしつ
senshitsu
stateroom / cabin
ふなぬし
funanushi
shipowner
せんしゅ
senshu
bow / prow / stem
宿ふなやど
funayado
shipping agent / boathouse / inn for sailors
ふなで
funade
setting sail / putting out to sea
せんじょう
senjou
on board
せんば
senba
wharf / quay / dock
ふねにん
fune nin
sailor / boatman / passenger
ふねまど
fune mado
porthole
ふねがわ
fune gawa
side of a ship
ふなあし
funaashi
speed of a boat / draft / draught
せんたい
sentai
hull
ふねだい
fune dai
berth
せんちゅう
senchuu
on board a ship
せんどう
sendou
boatman
せんない
sennai
on-board ship / inboard
便ふなびん
funabin
surface mail / sea mail / ferry service / steamer service
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Example Sentences with 船
ジブの裏帆とラダーを使って、バックしながら首を進みたい方向に向けました。

まるで、沈むから逃げるネズミみたいね。

移民たちは、そこへ、木の漁にすし詰め状態で、危険な航海をするのである。

ボクに任せたんだ。君たちは大に乗ったつもりでいるといい。



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