Chinese symbol for “gunboat”
炮舰
pào jiàn
Traditional: 砲艦
gunboat; gunship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gunboat is 炮舰 (pào jiàn), defined as: gunboat; gunship.
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
Other Chinese words for “gunboat”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炮舰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
| 炮弹 (炮彈) | pào dàn | artillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 炮击 (炮擊) | pào jī | to shell; to bombard |
| 舰队 (艦隊) | jiàn duì | fleet; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 军舰 (軍艦) | jūn jiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
| 战舰 (戰艦) | zhàn jiàn | battleship; warship |
| 舰艇 (艦艇) | jiàn tǐng | warship; naval vessel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gunboat”.
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.