# 船 — ship; boat

船 means “ship; boat”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: セン (sen). Kun'yomi: ふね (fune). You'll see it in words such as 船 (fune, “ship; boat”).

- Meaning: ship; boat
- On'yomi: セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi: ふね (fune)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Travel & transport

## How to remember 船

A small boat (舟) with eight (八) mouths (口) aboard: a ship.

Parts: 舟 small boat · 八 eight; spreading legs · 口 mouth; box

## Words with 船

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 船 | ふね (fune) | ship; boat |

## Don't confuse it with

[誤](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/error/) · [沿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/run-along/) · [娯](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/amusement/)

## More in the “Travel & transport” set

[輸](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/transport/) · [港](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/harbour/) · [路](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/route/) · [橋](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bridge/) · [船](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ship/)

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