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Chinese symbol for “boating”

划船
huá chuán
to row a boat; rowing; boating; small boat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for boating is 划船 (huá chuán), defined as: to row a boat; rowing; boating; small boat.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

划 huá
to row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
船 chuán
ship, boat, vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 划船.

WordPinyinMeaning
计划 (計劃)jì huàplan; project
规划 (規劃)guī huàto draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program
划分 (劃分)huà fēnto divide up; to partition
行政区划 (行政區劃)xíng zhèng qū huàadministrative subdivision
策划 (策劃)cè huàto plot; to scheme
区划 (區劃)qū huàsubdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat
船长 (船長)chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper

See also: Japanese symbol for “boating”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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