船 Boat

Radical Combination

• 舟

  Boat
• ハ

  Fins
• 口

  Mouth

Meaning

Primary

Boat

Alternatives

Ship, Vessel

Mnemonic

Your boat has fins and a mouth! It's still a boat though.

Hints

Picture this boat. It's still a boat, but there is a big mouth on the front and it has fins that it paddles forward with.

Readings

On’yomi

せん

Kun’yomi

ふね

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This boat belongs to the centaurs (せん). That's probably why you've never seen a boat like it before.

Hints

Picture this mouth and boat with a bunch of centaurs riding in it. Centaurs have a lot more parts than humans, so it makes sense that their boats have more parts (animal ones) too.