Chinese symbol for “cruiser”
巡洋舰
xún yáng jiàn
Traditional: 巡洋艦
cruiser (warship); battle cruiser
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cruiser is 巡洋舰 (xún yáng jiàn), defined as: cruiser (warship); battle cruiser.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 巡洋舰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡逻 (巡邏) | xún luó | to patrol |
| 巡抚 (巡撫) | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 巡视 (巡視) | xún shì | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes |
| 巡回 (巡迴) | xún huí | to go around; to roam; to tour |
| 巡演 | xún yǎn | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡回演出 (xún huí yǎn chū)) |
| 巡航 | xún háng | (military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
| 舰队 (艦隊) | jiàn duì | fleet; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cruiser”.
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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