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船 = 㕣 + 舟

船 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ship”. It is built from 㕣 (gully) and 舟 (boat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2019.

Keyword
ship
RTK frame
2019
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふね, ふな-
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
судно
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
船 ship

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㕣 gully
  2. 舟 boat

How to find 船 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gully” + “boat”. 船 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 船 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.