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Chinese symbol for “hovercraft”

气垫船
qì diàn chuán
Traditional: 氣墊船
hovercraft

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hovercraft is 气垫船 (qì diàn chuán), defined as: hovercraft.

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

气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
垫 diàn
cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
radical 32 ⼟ · 9 strokes
船 chuán
ship, boat, vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 气垫船.

WordPinyinMeaning
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
生气 (生氣)shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood
床垫 (床墊)chuáng diànmattress; 张 (zhāng)
垫底 (墊底)diàn dǐto put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat

See also: Japanese symbol for “hovercraft”.

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.