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舟 means 'boat'

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 137    Frequency: 1196   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-16    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 49    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 31 words   Used in 72 words   Used in 635 names   Component in 66 kanji (9 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュウ
Kun
   ふね boat   ふな-
Additional readings
Kun    -ぶね
Notes
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Find out how to talk about small, hand-propelled boats, and learn about Japanese boats across the ages, from dugout canoes to washtub boats to small straw boats that play a key role during Bon. See why a book about a retiree unnerved Japan, and learn about a famous story in which a man delights in being arrested. Also learn a boat-related expression for traditional rivals.
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Essay 1354 on 舟 (small boat; 'boat' radical) presents the eight Jōyō kanji with this on-duty radical, including 航 (sailing) and 般 (carrier).
Components
⿱  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  ⿻  ⿵  冂 wide  丶 dot  一 one  
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See also
丹 rust; vermilion  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 舟 is used 10 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 舟 is used 65 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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シュウ : 19 words FIND ALL
ご え つ ど う し ゅ う 1 ご え つ ど う し ゅ う 1-0
noun
bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat  (yojijukugo)
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ふね : 11 words FIND ALL
noun
1. plank raft
2. display stand for seafood (Edo period)
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ふな- (read as ふな) : 19 words FIND ALL
ふ な あ そ び 3
noun
boating; sailing
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ふね (read as ぶね) : 16 words FIND ALL
こ ぶ ね 0
Most common form: 小船
noun
boat; small craft
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An additional 丹 less common words include 舟 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1354  Joy o' Kanji : 1354  Key to Kanji: - 

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舟
シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
冂
wide
丶
dot   
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