Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: ship, boat

Kunyomi: ふね ふな-

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふねへん

Meaning: boat

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

舶(せんぱく)   ship [n.]

長(せんちょう)   ship's captain

(きせん)   steamship

(ぞうせん)   shipbuilding

(ふうせん)   balloon

(ふね)   ship, boat, watercraft, vessel

屋形(やかたぶね)   pleasure boat, houseboat

助け(たすけぶね)   lifeboat, help

乗り(ふなのり)   sailor, seaman

旅(ふなたび)   trip by boat

Onyomi Examples

フナバシ pontoon bridge, floating bridge, bridge (of a ship)

センイン sailor, seaman, seafarer

ゾウセン shipbuilding

オオブネ large boat

Kunyomi Examples

ふね ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, seaplane, tank, tub, vat, trough, counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

ふねがい Arca avellana (species of ark shell)

おおぶね large boat

釣り つりぶね fishing boat, boat-shaped hanging flower vase