# 船 — Boat

Frequency rank 676 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 片 (One Sided), less common than 久 (Long Time).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: ふね、ふな
- Radical: 舟 Boat (Kangxi 137)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A boat (boat) floats on the left, a mouth (mouth) calls from the middle, and a cross (cross) marks the mast on the right — the boat's crew shouts from their mouths while the cross-shaped mast catches the wind.

In words:

- 船 ふね — ship,boat,watercraft,shipping,vessel,steamship
- 船便 ふなびん — surface mail (ship)
- 船舶 せんぱく — ship

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