Japanese symbol for “icebreaker”
砕氷船
さいひょうせん
Romaji: saihyousen
icebreaker (ship); ice breaker
In Japanese, icebreaker is 砕氷船, read さいひょうせん (saihyousen).
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Meanings
- n icebreaker (ship); ice breaker
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “icebreaker”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砕氷艦 | さいひょうかん saihyoukan | icebreaker (ship); ice breaker |
| アイスブレイク | アイスブレイク aisubureiku | icebreaker; breaking the ice |
| アイスブレーカー | アイスブレーカー aisubureekaa | icebreaker |
| アイスブレーキング | アイスブレーキング aisubureekingu | icebreaker; breaking the ice |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粉砕 | ふんさい funsai | pulverization; pulverisation |
| 玉砕 | ぎょくさい gyokusai | honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat |
| 火砕流 | かさいりゅう kasairyuu | pyroclastic flow |
| 砕石 | さいせき saiseki | crushed stone; macadam |
| 破砕 | はさい hasai | crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking |
| 砕く | くだく kudaku | to break (into pieces); to smash; to crush |
| 氷山 | ひょうざん hyouzan | iceberg |
| 氷点下 | ひょうてんか hyoutenka | below freezing |
| 船長 | せんちょう senchou | ship's captain; skipper |
See also: Chinese symbol for “icebreaker”.
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