音読み: シュウ
訓読み: ふね・ふな
画数: 6
部首: ふねへん（舟）
Meaning
Boat / Ship / Vessel.
- 小舟 — small boat
- 舟旅 — boat trip; travel by boat
- 舟歌 — boatman’s song
- 舟人 — boatman; sailor
舟 is a pictograph of a simple wooden vessel — a narrow hull with a rim. As a radical it appears on the left as ふねへん to signal boat- or ship-related meanings.
Link 舟 with 船 (the everyday “ship/boat” character). Think: 舟 is the simple boat picture; 船 is the full, modern “ship.” Pairing them fixes the meaning quickly.
Forms
湯舟 — bathtub (lit. “hot-water boat”)