# 船

| 船 | U+8239, &#33337; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8239 |
| ← 舸 [U+8238] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 舺 → [U+823A] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

The top-right part can be either 八 or 几, depending on the script; Japanese: 船, mainland China: 船, traditional Chinese: 船, Korean: 船; see Han unification.

### Han character

船 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜金口 (HYCR) or 竹卜竹弓口 (HYHNR), four-corner 2846$_0$, composition ⿰舟㕣)

#### Derived characters

* 𪮥 𬼔 𬜕 𰈧 𥂟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1010, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30407
* Dae Jaweon: page 1468, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3060, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8239

## Chinese

* 船

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 船 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 船 | *ɦljon |
| 沿 | *lon |
| 鉛 | *lon |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljon): semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 㕣 (OC *lon).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”). Compare Burmese လောင်း (laung:, “long and narrow boat”), and Mizo lawng (“boat or ship”).
Sagart (1999) interprets Old Chinese 船 (OC *ɦljon) as a nominal derivate of the verb 沿 (OC *lon, “to go downstream a river”). The Fangyan states that this word was commonly used in western China, but, by Han times, it had completely displaced the earlier 舟 (OC *tjɯw), used in central and eastern China.
Alternatively, the Proto-Sino-Tibetan root could be a loan from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂lu(u)ŋ ~ *d₂l(u)əŋ (“boat”), whence Mon ဂၠုၚ် (klɜ̀ŋ, “canoe, small boat”), perhaps a derivate of Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋh ~ *luuŋh ~ *ləŋh (“to hollow, excavate, bore”), see Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig a hole”) and Vietnamese trũng (“concave”) (Sidwell, 2006; Schuessler, 2007).
Hong Kong Cantonese “scholarship” is influenced by English scholarship.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chuán (chuan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cuan$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pfán
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chuán
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чуан (čuan, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun$^4$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): soen$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): son$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): son$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sòn
    (Hailu, HRS): shon
    (Meixian, Guangdong): son$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cuan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌ing
* Eastern Min (BUC): sùng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song$^2$ / suong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chûn / soân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zung$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zung$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): syun$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zoe / $^2$zie / $^2$ze / $^4$ze / $^2$zoe / $^2$dzuon / $^2$zoen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jye$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuan$^2$
*** Yale: chwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwan
*** Palladius: чуань (čuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cuan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cuan
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuan²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: pfán
*** Sinological IPA : /p͡fʰã²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: chuán
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): chuan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰuã²⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чуан (čuan, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^4$
*** Yale: syùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn²¹/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: soen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /søn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: son$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sᵘɔn²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: son$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sòn
*** Hakka Romanization System: son$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: son$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /son¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shon
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃon⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: son$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɔn¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cuan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌ing
*** Sinological IPA : /yiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sùng
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: song$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seóng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬuoŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn
*** Tâi-lô: tsûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuun
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Philippines): /t͡sun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
*** Tâi-lô: suân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/
* chûn - vernacular;
* soân - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit船 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰuan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰuã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡sʰuã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰuã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fʰɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰuan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰuan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰuan³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰuan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰuã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰuaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰuæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰuɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰʰuæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zø¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zz̩ʷõ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jy³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰye⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕyɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕyẽ¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /d͡ʑyẽ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɵn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /son¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃon¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /syn²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /syn²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /syn²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /suan³⁵/ /t͡sun³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /suŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /yiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tun³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: zywen
Rime :
| Character | 船 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 食川切 |
| Baxter | zywen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑwian/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭwɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lo[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljon/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 船 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chuán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zywen › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.lo[n]/ |
| English | boat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 船 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14278 |
| Phonetic component | 沿 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 船 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljon/ |

### Definitions

船
* watercraft; vessel (including ships, boats, sailing ships, hovercrafts; sometimes including submarines) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 艘 m; 隻／只 m c mn mn-t; 架 c)
    From: 816, Bai Juyi, 琵琶行
    Láiqù jiāngkǒu shǒu kōng chuán, rào chuán míngyuè jiāngshuǐ hán. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* an object with a shape or function similar to watercraft
    太空船 ― tàikōngchuán ― spaceship
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) scholarship
    攞船／𫽋船 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― lo$^2$ syun$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to receive scholarship
* (obsolete) alcohol cup
* (obsolete) to carry by watercraft
* (obsolete, dialectal) button
* a surname, Chuan

#### Synonyms

* (watercraft):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 舟, 船 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 船, 船隻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 船 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 船 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 船 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 船 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 船 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 船 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 船 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 船 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 船 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 船 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 船 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 船 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 船 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 船 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 船 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 船 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 船 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 船 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 船 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 船 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 船 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 船 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 船, 船仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 船仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 船仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 船仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 船 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 船 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 船 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 船 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 船 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 船 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 船 |
| Jin | Datong | 船 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 船 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 船 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 船 |
| Jin | Linhe | 船 |
| Jin | Jining | 船 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 船 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 船 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 船 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 船 |
| Jin | Handan | 船 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 船 |
| Jin | Suide | 船 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 船 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 船 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 船 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 船 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 船 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 船 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 船 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 船 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 船 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 船 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 船仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 船 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 船 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 船 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 船 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 船 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 船 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 船 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 船 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 船 |
* (scholarship): 獎學金／奖学金 (jiǎngxuéjīn)

### Compounds

* 下水船
* 上水船
* 三船
* 下船 (xiàchuán)
* 三體船 / 三体船 (sāntǐchuán, “trimaran”)
* 中船
* 乘船 (chéngchuán)
* 乾貨船 / 干货船
* 借水推船
* 借風使船 / 借风使船
* 僱船 / 雇船
* 公船
* 兵船 (bīngchuán)
* 冷藏船
* 划船 (huáchuán)
* 刺船
* 剝船 / 剥船
* 包船
* 升船機 / 升船机 (shēngchuánjī)
* 南船北馬 / 南船北马
* 同船濟水 / 同船济水
* 吃墨船兒 / 吃墨船儿
* 哨船
* 商船 (shāngchuán)
* 噹噹船 / 当当船
* 四體船 / 四体船 (sìtǐchuán, “quadrimaran”)
* 回船轉舵 / 回船转舵
* 堂客船
* 大船
* 太空船 (tàikōngchuán)
* 夾板船 / 夹板船
* 子母船
* 宇宙飛船 / 宇宙飞船 (yǔzhòu fēichuán)
* 客船 (kèchuán)
* 寶船 / 宝船 (bǎochuán)
* 封船
* 小渡船 (Xiǎodùchuán)
* 工作船
* 巴船
* 帆船 (fānchuán, “sailboat”)
* 快蟹船
* 快速帆船
* 戰船 / 战船 (zhànchuán)
* 押船
* 拖船 (tuōchuán)
* 捕鯨船 / 捕鲸船
* 探測船 / 探测船
* 採蓮船 / 采莲船 (cǎiliánchuán)
* 搭船 (dāchuán)
* 搖船 / 摇船
* 摩托船
* 撐旱船 / 撑旱船
* 撐硬船兒 / 撑硬船儿
* 撐船 / 撑船 (chēngchuán)
* 擺渡船 / 摆渡船
* 攏船 / 拢船
* 放船
* 救生船 (jiùshēngchuán, “lifeboat”)
* 救難船 / 救难船
* 旱船
* 旱船舞
* 暈船 / 晕船 (yùnchuán)
* 樓船 / 楼船 (lóuchuán)
* 標船 / 标船
* 橫撐船兒 / 横撑船儿
* 櫓帆船 / 橹帆船
* 民船
* 氣墊船 / 气垫船 (qìdiànchuán)
* 水泥船
* 水漲船高 / 水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎngchuángāo)
* 水翼船
* 水長船高 / 水长船高
* 沙船
* 汽船 (qìchuán)
* 泊船
* 法船
* 油船 (yóuchuán)
* 泥船渡河
* 浮沉船塢 / 浮沉船坞
* 浪船
* 浮船塢 / 浮船坞 (fúchuánwù)
* 淌板船
* 涼篷船 / 凉篷船
* 渡船 (dùchuán, “ferry”)
* 渡馬船 / 渡马船
* 漁政船 / 渔政船
* 滿船 / 满船
* 漁船 / 渔船 (yúchuán)
* 瀧船 / 泷船
* 灘船 / 滩船
* 蒸汽船 (zhēngqìchuán)
* 燒王船 / 烧王船
* 燈船 / 灯船
* 爬船
* 獨木船 / 独木船
* 皮船
* 看風使船 / 看风使船
* 破冰船 (pòbīngchuán)
* 破釜沉船
* 碰碰船
* 碾船
* 篷船
* 糧船 / 粮船
* 繫船樁 / 系船桩
* 翻船 (fānchuán)
* 腳划船
* 腳船 / 脚船 (jiǎochuán)
* 航船 (hángchuán)
* 船主 (chuánzhǔ)
* 船位
* 船公司
* 船務 / 船务
* 船匠 (chuánjiàng)
* 船口 (Chuánkǒu)
* 船員 / 船员 (chuányuán)
* 船埠 (chuánbù)
* 船堅炮利 / 船坚炮利 (chuánjiānpàolì)
* 船塢 / 船坞 (chuánwù)
* 船夫 (chuánfū)
* 船孃 / 船娘
* 船家 (chuánjiā)
* 船尾 (chuánwěi)
* 船工 (chuángōng)
* 船帆 (chuánfān)
* 船幫 / 船帮 (chuánbāng)
* 船底 (chuándǐ)
* 船廠 / 船厂 (chuánchǎng)
* 船形帽
* 船戶 / 船户
* 船期
* 船桅 (chuánwéi)
* 船梢
* 船樓 / 船楼
* 船模試驗 / 船模试验
* 船歌 (chuángē)
* 船殼 / 船壳
* 船沉鉅鹿 / 船沉巨鹿
* 船深
* 船田
* 船票 (chuánpiào)
* 船篷 (chuánpéng)
* 船籍 (chuánjí)
* 船纜 / 船缆
* 船老大
* 船腳 / 船脚
* 船臺 / 船台
* 船舷 (chuánxián)
* 船舶 (chuánbó)
* 船艙 / 船舱 (chuáncāng)
* 船艦 / 船舰
* 船蛆
* 船資 / 船资
* 船身 (chuánshēn)
* 船運 / 船运 (chuányùn)
* 船錢 / 船钱
* 船錨 / 船锚 (chuánmáo)
* 船長 / 船长 (chuánzhǎng, “captain”)
* 船閘 / 船闸 (chuánzhá)
* 船隊 / 船队 (chuánduì)
* 船隻 / 船只 (chuánzhī)
* 船頭 / 船头 (chuántóu, “the bow of a ship or boat”)
* 船驥 / 船骥
* 船體 / 船体 (chuántǐ)
* 艤船 / 舣船
* 花船
* 苦船
* 草船
* 茶船
* 蕩船 / 荡船
* 虛船 / 虚船
* 蝕船蟲 / 蚀船虫
* 螺槳船 / 螺桨船
* 行船 (xíngchuán)
* 襪船 / 袜船
* 見風駛船 / 见风驶船
* 觥船
* 貨櫃船 / 货柜船 (huòguìchuán)
* 貨船 / 货船 (huòchuán)
* 買船 / 买船
* 賊船 / 贼船 (zéichuán)
* 趁船
* 跑旱船 (pǎohànchuán)
* 跑船 (pǎochuán)
* 跳船 (tiàochuán)
* 蹼輪汽船 / 蹼轮汽船
* 躉船 / 趸船 (dǔnchuán)
* 躺船
* 輪船 / 轮船 (lúnchuán)
* 逆風撐船 / 逆风撑船
* 造船 (zàochuán)
* 造船工業 / 造船工业
* 造船廠 / 造船厂 (zàochuánchǎng)
* 遊船 / 游船 (yóuchuán)
* 郵船 / 邮船 (yóuchuán)
* 醫院船 / 医院船
* 釣船 / 钓船
* 鐵殼船 / 铁壳船
* 鑿船蟲 / 凿船虫
* 開船 / 开船 (kāichuán)
* 間諜船 / 间谍船
* 雙體船 / 双体船 (shuāngtǐchuán, “catamaran”)
* 順水推船 / 顺水推船
* 順水行船 / 顺水行船
* 順風駛船 / 顺风驶船
* 飛船 / 飞船 (fēichuán)
* 馬溜子船 / 马溜子船
* 馬船 / 马船 (mǎchuán)
* 駁船 / 驳船 (bóchuán)
* 龍船 / 龙船 (lóngchuán, “dragon boat”)
* 龍船花 / 龙船花

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 船(ぜん) (zen); 船(せん) (sen)
* → Korean: 선(船) (seon)
* → Vietnamese: thuyền (船)
Others:
* → Manchu: ᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (cuwan)
** → Yukjin Korean: 촨 (chwan)

### References

* “船”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 船 |
| Kyūjitai | 船󠄂 船+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 船󠄄 船+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* ship, vessel, large ship

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふな (funa, 船, Jōyō $^†$)、ふね (fune, 船, Jōyō)
* Nanori: ふな (funa)、ふね (fune)

#### Compounds

* 船員(せんいん) (sen'in)
* 船籍(せんせき) (senseki)
* 船長(せんちょう) (senchō)
* 船頭(せんとう) (sentō)
* 廻船(かいせん) (kaisen)
* 艦船(かんせん) (kansen)
* 汽船(きせん) (kisen)
* 漁船(ぎょせん) (gyosen)
* 商船(しょうせん) (shōsen)
* 造船(ぞうせん) (zōsen)
* 定期船(ていきせん) (teikisen)
* 帆船(はんせん) (hansen)
* 飛行船(ひこうせん) (hikōsen)
* 風船(ふうせん) (fūsen)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 船
* ふね Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 船 – see the following entry. :
| 【ふね】 | [noun] 船, 舟: [from 712] a boat: [noun] 船: [from 712] a ship, vessel, larger ship [noun] 船, 舟, 槽: [from 712] a box for storing: [noun] 船, 舟: [from 712] a container used for storing liquids such as water and sake [noun] 船, 舟: [unknown] a box used for pressing sake and soy sauce [noun] 船, 舟, 槽: [from c. 934] a horse trough [noun] 船, 舟: [from c. 1797] a coffin [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] 船, 舟: [from 1841] a box used to store candy [noun] 船, 舟: [from mid. Edo period] an 桶 (oke) used to store rice and grains [noun] 船, 舟: [from 1463] a container for storing bonsai trees and other objects [noun] 船, 舟: [unknown] a treasure ship [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [counter] 船, 舟, 槽: items in a box-shaped container Alternative spellings 舟, 槽 |
(This term, 船, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 船
* ふな Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 船 – see the following entry. :
| 【ふな】 | [noun] 船, 舟: a boat: [noun] 船: a ship, vessel, larger ship Alternative spelling 舟 |
(This term, 船, is an alternative spelling (larger boat, ship) of the above term.) :

#### Derived terms

* 船出(ふなで) (funade)
* 船荷(ふなに) (funani)
* 船乗(ふなの)り (funanori)
* 船便(ふなびん) (funabin)
* 船酔(ふなよ)い (funayoi)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1790 (paper), page 947 (digital)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is its historical reading?”)

### Hanja

船 (eumhun 배 선 (bae seon))
* hanja form of 선 (“ship; boat; vessel”)

## Kunigami
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ぷにー (punī, 船)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic *punay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰuniː/

### Noun

船(ぷにー) (punī)
* boat

## Miyako
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ふに (funi, 船)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic *punay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fu̥ni/

### Noun

船(ふに) (funi)
* boat

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ふに (funi)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic *punay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸuni/

### Noun

船(ふに) (funi)
* boat

## Vietnamese
### Han character

船: Hán Nôm readings: thuyền
* boat

## Yaeyama
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ふに (funi, 船)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic *punay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸuni/

### Noun

船(ふに) (funi)
* boat

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: んに (nni, 船)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic *punay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nni/

### Noun

船(んに) (nni)
* boat