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Chinese symbol for “steamship”

轮船
lún chuán
Traditional: 輪船
steamship; steamer; steamboat; measure word: 艘 (sōu)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for steamship is 轮船 (lún chuán), defined as: steamship; steamer; steamboat; measure word: 艘 (sōu).

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

轮 lún
wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
船 chuán
ship, boat, vessel
radical 137 ⾈ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “steamship”

WordPinyinMeaning
轮 (輪)lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship
汽船qì chuánsteamboat; steamship

Related words

Other words that share a character with 轮船.

WordPinyinMeaning
轮胎 (輪胎)lún tāitire; pneumatic tire
一轮 (一輪)yī lúnfirst round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
轮流 (輪流)lún liúto alternate; to take turns
涡轮 (渦輪)wō lúnturbine
第二轮 (第二輪)dì èr lúnsecond round (of match, or election)
轮椅 (輪椅)lún yǐwheelchair
船只 (船隻)chuán zhīship; boat
船长 (船長)chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper

See also: Japanese symbol for “steamship”.

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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