The Japanese Radical: 舟


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Meaning
boat    舟

Explanation The radical fune is the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 2
ship, (boat)
fune, funa-, SEN
Left: vessel/boat 舟, right: eight 八 and opening 口
A vessel with eight openings (=portholes) is a large boat.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
navigation, voyage, sail

Left: boat 舟, right: grand/big 亢 (person with broad shoulders, wearing a cap) Here: This person is a strong, sturdy sailor (navigator)
The boat with the strong navigator makes a voyage.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
warship, battleship
KAN
Left: boat/ship 舟, right: supervise 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in a plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
A ship that supervises is a warship.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
boat, (ship)
fune, funa-, SHŪ

Image of a rowing boat without rear with two persons, transverse oars and a rope at the front.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
red (scarlet), sincere, earnest
ni, TAN
A simplified var. of boat/ship 舟
This simple boat is red.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bark, rowboat
TEI
From left: boat 舟, judicial court 廷 (The samurai 士 with a hat 壬 [= judge] moves 廴 to the court.)
The boat, on which the judge moves, is a bark.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ship, naval shipping
HAKU
Left: boat/ship 舟, right: white 白
Not just a boat, but a white ship!  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
common, general, a kind, carrier, circulate
HAN
Left: boat 舟, right: weapon 几 (image of a battle axe) in a hand 又
(Seafaring was dangerous:) Boats on which battle axes were held in hands were generally common.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
convey, carry, transport
HAN
Left: hand 扌, right: general 般 (Boats 舟 on which battle axes 几 were held in hands 又 were generally common.)
Hands are generally needed for conveying.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tray, board, plate, platter, shallow bowl, disk
BAN
Top: general 般 (Boats 舟 on which battle axes 几 were held in hands 又 were generally common.), bottom: plate 皿
A boat is built with a weapon/tool in a hand as equally also plates, trays or boards.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
side of a boat
GEN
Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet 磁 where a bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysterious) [Starboard:右舷(うげん); portside:左舷(さげん)]
The ship has mysterious sides.  

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