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Chinese symbol for “skipper”

船长
chuán zhǎng
Traditional: 船長
captain (of a boat); skipper

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skipper is 船长 (chuán zhǎng), defined as: captain (of a boat); skipper.

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
长 zhǎng
long, lasting; to excel in
radical 168 ⾧ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 船长.

WordPinyinMeaning
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat
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)
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
长期 (長期)cháng qīlong-term; for a protracted period
部长 (部長)bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief

See also: Japanese symbol for “skipper”.

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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