Japanese symbol for “hulk”
廃船
はいせん
Romaji: haisen
scrapped vessel; decommissioned ship; hulk
In Japanese, hulk is 廃船, read はいせん (haisen).
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Meanings
- n scrapped vessel; decommissioned ship; hulk
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廃止 | はいし haishi | abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation |
| 廃棄 | はいき haiki | disposal; abandonment; scrapping |
| 廃絶 | はいぜつ haizetsu | abolition; elimination |
| 撤廃 | てっぱい teppai | annulment; abolition; repeal |
| 退廃 | たいはい taihai | (moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence |
| 荒廃 | こうはい kouhai | ruin; destruction; devastation |
| 船長 | せんちょう senchou | ship's captain; skipper |
| 風船 | ふうせん fuusen | balloon (toy or decoration) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.