音読み: セン
訓読み: ふね・ふな
画数: 11
部首: ふねへん（舟）
Meaning
Boat / Ship
- 船長 — ship captain
- 漁船 — fishing boat
- 船旅 — sea voyage
- 船便 — surface mail (by ship)
- 母船 — mother ship
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- 造船 — shipbuilding
- 出船 — departing ship
- 下船 — disembarkation
- 船頭 — boatman
- 船出 — setting sail
船 is made from the radical 舟 (boat) and phonetic component ⾍ (often associated with sound or movement). It conveys the meaning of a ship or vessel. This character is used in both physical boats and metaphorical ships like organizations.