船

• 読み: ふね
• ローマ字: fune
• 漢字の分解: 船 (sen/fune) — ship, boat, vessel
• 発音: /ɸɯ.ne/

意味

Ship; boat; vessel. Covers watercraft of all sizes, from small boats to large ships.

A noun meaning ship or boat. As an island nation, Japan has a long maritime tradition. 船 can refer to vessels of any size. The reading ふね is used for general reference, while ふな appears in some compounds. Ferries (フェリー) connect Japan's many islands.

例文

1. 船で島に渡りました。
2. 港にたくさんの船があります。
3. 大きい船に乗ってみたいです。

使い方ガイド

場面: travel, maritime, islands

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 船 combines 舟 (boat) with 八口 as a phonetic element, originally depicting a hollowed-out vessel.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal