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Chinese symbol for “ship”

船只
chuán zhī
Traditional: 船隻
ship; boat; vessel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ship is 船只 (chuán zhī), defined as: ship; boat; vessel.

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
只 zhī
only, merely, just
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ship”

WordPinyinMeaning
舶bóship
装运 (裝運)zhuāng yùnto ship; shipment
航船háng chuánship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
启运 (啟運)qǐ yùnto ship (goods)
船chuánboat; vessel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 船只.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but; simply
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
只要zhǐ yàoso long as; provided; if

See also: Japanese symbol for “ship”.

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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