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On'yomi
シュウ
SHUU
Kun'yomi
ふね・ふな-・-ぶね
fune / funa / bune

boat · ship

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Strokes6
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Cultural Context

Etymology

Pictograph of boat.

Symbolism

Boat, ship, voyage. Represents watercraft.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

呉越同舟

ごえつどうしゅう

bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows; bitter enemies in the same boat

積羽沈舟

せきうちんしゅう

small things in sufficient quantity can have a large influence; a large pile of feathers sinks a ship; small things in sufficient quantity can have a large influence

Proverbs & Idioms

同舟相救う

どうしゅうあいすくう

Those in the same boat help each other

People in the same situation support one another

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

わたの原 八十島かけて 漕ぎ出でぬと 人には告げよ あまのつり舟

Poem #11 from Hyakunin Isshu

参議篁Sangi Takamura
9th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

由良のとを 渡る舟人 かぢを絶え ゆくへも知らぬ 恋の道かな

Poem #46 from Hyakunin Isshu

曾禰好忠曾禰好忠
Unknown
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

世の中は つねにもがもな 渚こぐ あまの小舟の 綱手かなしも

Poem #93 from Hyakunin Isshu

鎌倉右大臣Kamakura no Udaijin
13th century