READING  シュウ、ふね、(ふな)
MEANING  boat
JLPT level N2 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
ごえつどうしゅう
bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat
どうしゅう
shipmates, fellow passengers
こぶね
boat, small craft
せっしゅう
Sesshu: most prominent Japanese master of ink and wash painting from the middle Muromachi period
 
Example sentences
呉越同舟
ドジャースとジャイアンツが呉越同舟でやってきた。
The Dodgers and Giants, traditional rivals, arrived together.
小舟
小舟は荒波で激しく揺れた。
The little boat bobbed on the rough sea.
 
Lookalikes
 
ハン 
generally
 
セン、ふね、(ふな) 
boat
 
タン 
cinnabar
 
ボン、(ハン) 
mediocre