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Kanji for Boat
The kanji for “boat” is 舟, read shuu and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
舟
boat
A small boat crossing the water.
6 strokes On reading シュウ (shuu) Kun reading ふね、ふな、ぶね (fune, funa, bune) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: boat, ship
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shuu, fune
In Japan it appears in about 135 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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