艘 = 舟 + 日 + 又

艘 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “small craft”. It is built from 舟 (boat), 日 (day) and 又 (or again). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2858.

Keyword: small craft
RTK frame: 2858
Strokes: 16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ショウ, シュウ, ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ふね
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: counter for small boats, маленький корабль
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 艘 counter for ships

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 艘 without knowing its reading

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

Open 艘 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.