The kanji 船 generally means "boat" or "ship". It refers to a vessel designed for navigating water, whether it be a small rowboat, a large cargo ship, or anything in between. The core meaning revolves around the concept of a means of transportation on water.

・On-yomi (音読み): セン (sen) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ふね (fune)

⚫︎船旅 Translation: Boat trip / Voyage by ship. ⚫︎船長 Translation: Captain (of a ship). ⚫︎客船 Translation: Passenger ship / Cruise ship.

The kanji 船 is a pictograph. It visually represents a boat. The left side of the character is the radical 舟 (fune, shu), which is the "boat" radical. The right side of the character is 㕣 (tan), a phonetic component, representing the sound "sen" The character's development shows a gradual stylization from a more detailed depiction of a boat to its current form.