Origin

This character combines a boat radical on the left with a sound hint on the right. The boat component, which looks like a simple vessel, gives you the meaning — this character refers to ships and liners. The right side with the white radical is there primarily to suggest how the character is pronounced, roughly like "haku." Together, they form a character that means "ship" by linking the boat imagery with a phonetic clue that helps you remember its sound.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).