Chinese symbol for “warship”
舰
jiàn
Traditional: 艦
warship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for warship is 舰 (jiàn), defined as: warship.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “warship”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 军舰 (軍艦) | jūn jiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
| 舰艇 (艦艇) | jiàn tǐng | warship; naval vessel |
| 舰船 (艦船) | jiàn chuán | warship |
| 舰只 (艦隻) | jiàn zhī | warship |
| 战船 (戰船) | zhàn chuán | warship |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舰队 (艦隊) | jiàn duì | fleet; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 军舰 (軍艦) | jūn jiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
| 战舰 (戰艦) | zhàn jiàn | battleship; warship |
| 舰艇 (艦艇) | jiàn tǐng | warship; naval vessel |
| 驱逐舰 (驅逐艦) | qū zhú jiàn | destroyer (warship) |
| 旗舰 (旗艦) | qí jiàn | flagship |
See also: Japanese symbol for “warship”.
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.