舟 means “boat”

ふね · fune

Also: ship

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ふね, ふな-
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シュウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

A small wooden boat, drawn as a picture. 舟 is a boat you row rather than a ship, and it sits inside 船 and 航. Sashimi for a crowd often comes on a 舟盛り, a platter shaped like a boat, and a 渡し舟 ferries people across a river.

Used in 小舟 (kobune, small boat), 舟盛り (funamori, boat-shaped sashimi platter), and 渡し舟 (watashibune, ferry boat)

舟 means “boat”

The story

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