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Chinese symbol for “hull”

船体
chuán tǐ
Traditional: 船體
hull; body of a ship

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hull is 船体 (chuán tǐ), defined as: hull; body of a ship.

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

船 chuán
ship, boat, vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hull”

WordPinyinMeaning
船身chuán shēnhull; body of a ship
船壳 (船殼)chuán kéhull (of a ship)
外壳 (外殼)wài kéenvelope; outer shell
捣 (搗)dǎoto pound; to beat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 船体.

WordPinyinMeaning
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat
船长 (船長)chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper
船舶chuán bóshipping; boats
飞船 (飛船)fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
船员 (船員)chuán yuánsailor; crew member
渔船 (漁船)yú chuánfishing boat; 条 (tiáo)
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health

See also: Japanese symbol for “hull”.

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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