船
chuán · HSK 2
boat
🚢 船 = 舟 (boat radical) + 㕣 (sound component)
The left side 舟 is the ancient pictograph for boat, marking meaning. The right side 㕣 lends the sound. Mandarin chuán rhymes with English chew-ann; the boat radical anchors the meaning ship or vessel.
船 — boat radical 舟 + 㕣 (phonetic)
船 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 舟 depicts a boat and gives the meaning, while the right side 㕣 originally suggested the sound. Together they refer to a ship or vessel, a meaning that has stayed stable since early seal script.