Entry
  1. Noun

    captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper

    船頭多くして船、山に登る。
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
  2. boatman; oarsman; ferryman

  3. head of a fishing crew; fishing master

    Fishing

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ship, boat

Kun
ふねふな-
On
セン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
713 of 2500
Radical
boat
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-6-5SKIP code
6c5.4The Kanji Dictionary
2846.0Four corner code
877deroo
8239Unicode hex code
1-33-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3873Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4939New Nelson (John Haig)
1341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1700Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
906Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1229Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1874Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2019Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
313A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1391Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
314Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30407Morohashi
158A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
376Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
266sakade
860Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
175henshall3
208Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
647Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1595Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1892Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chuan2Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

head, counter for large animals

Kun
あたまかしら-がしらかぶり
On
トウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
433 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

かみがみちゃんつむり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-9SKIP code
9a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
1118.6Four corner code
3061deroo
982dUnicode hex code
1-38-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4469Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6639New Nelson (John Haig)
1604New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2019Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1441Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1549Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
386A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2504Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
519Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43490Morohashi
186A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
294sakade
275Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
203henshall3
238Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
234crowley
166Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1889Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1453Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tou2, tou5Pinyin reading
duKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level