漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
舟: boat, ship
JLPT N26 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
6 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 舟航しゅうこうboating, sailing
- 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅうbitter enemies in the same boat
ふねfune · kun'yomi · on its own
- 舟ふねship, boat, watercraft
ふな-funa- · kun'yomi
- 舟大工ふなだいくshipwright
- 舟着き場ふなつきばwharf
-ぶね-bune · kun'yomi
- 釣り舟つりぶねfishing boat
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A boat.
Source: Wiktionary, 舟 (rev. 93443726), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for a small boat, representing the simplest form of water transportation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhōu
Same form: 舟 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 舟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 舟 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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