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Chinese symbol for “catamaran”

双体船
shuāng tǐ chuán
Traditional: 雙體船
catamaran

The closest CC-CEDICT match for catamaran is 双体船 (shuāng tǐ chuán), defined as: catamaran.

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

双 shuāng
pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
船 chuán
ship, boat, vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 双体船.

WordPinyinMeaning
双方 (雙方)shuāng fāngbilateral; both sides
双手 (雙手)shuāng shǒuboth hands
双重 (雙重)shuāng chóngdouble
双眼 (雙眼)shuāng yǎnthe two eyes
双向 (雙向)shuāng xiàngbidirectional; two-way
双边 (雙邊)shuāng biānbilateral
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat

See also: Japanese symbol for “catamaran”.

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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