舟 — the “boat” radical

Radical #137 6 strokes

the 舟 radical — vessels 7 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 舟 radical (7)

般carrier, carry 航navigate, sail 船ship, boat 艦warship 艇rowboat, small boat 舶liner, ship 舟boat, ship

← 舛 oppose 艮 stopping →

Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.