Today’s #kanji is 船, which is listed under its semantic element of #ふねへん（舟）. Its phonetic element is 㕣 although 船 and 㕣 don’t share a sound in Japanese.
Meaning: ship
Reading: セン、ふね（ぶね）、ふな
船員（センイン）: a/the crew (of a ship), a seaman
船長（センチョウ）: a captain, the master (of a ship), a master mariner
船頭（センドウ）: a boatman, a skipper, a ferryman
船舶（センパク）: a vessel, a ship, a boat, (collective) shipping
客船（キャクセン）: a passenger ship, a passenger liner
漁船（ギョセン）: a fishing vessel, a fishing craft
風船（フウセン）: a balloon
船（ふね）: a boat, a vessel, a ship
舟（ふね） is usually used for a small boat people need to row.
釣（つ）り船（ぶね）: a fishing boat
船（ふな）酔（よ）い: seasickness
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