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Chinese symbol for “shipping”

船舶
chuán bó
shipping; boats

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shipping is 船舶 (chuán bó), defined as: shipping; boats.

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
舶 bó
large ship, ocean-going vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shipping”

WordPinyinMeaning
航运 (航運)háng yùnshipping; transport
海运费 (海運費)hǎi yùn fèishipping; sea transport
船运 (船運)chuán yùnsea freight; shipping
船运业 (船運業)chuán yùn yèshipping
发运 (發運)fā yùn(of goods) to dispatch; shipment

Related words

Other words that share a character with 船舶.

WordPinyinMeaning
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat
船长 (船長)chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper
飞船 (飛船)fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
船员 (船員)chuán yuánsailor; crew member
渔船 (漁船)yú chuánfishing boat; 条 (tiáo)
舶来品 (舶來品)bó lái pǐn(old) imported goods; foreign goods

See also: Japanese symbol for “shipping”.

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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