U+821F "舟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+821F "舟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a boat or ship, and it is used in various East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This ideograph is one of the oldest in the Chinese writing system, originating from pictographic depictions of a vessel with a hull and oars, and it serves as a radical component in many other characters related to watercraft or navigation. In modern usage, "舟" appears in words such as "船舶" for ship or "宇宙" for cosmos, where it metaphorically extends to concepts of space and travel. The character is classified under the radical number 6137 in the Unihan database and holds significant cultural and historical importance, reflecting ancient maritime traditions and linguistic continuity across millennia.