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Chinese symbol for “rigging”

船缆
chuán lǎn
Traditional: 船纜
ship's hawser; rigging

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rigging is 船缆 (chuán lǎn), defined as: ship's hawser; rigging.

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
缆 lǎn
cable, hawser, heavy-duty rope
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 船缆.

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)
电缆 (電纜)diàn lǎn(electric) cable
缆车 (纜車)lǎn chēcable car

See also: Japanese symbol for “rigging”.

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.