Japanese symbol for “lander”

着陸船

ちゃくりくせん

Romaji: chakurikusen

landing module; lander

In Japanese, lander is 着陸船, read ちゃくりくせん (chakurikusen).

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Meanings

n landing module; lander

Kanji and stroke order

着

don, arrive, wear

on: チャク、ジャク
kun: き.る、き.せる、つ.く、つ.ける

12 strokes · JLPT 3

陸

land, six

on: リク、ロク
kun: おか

11 strokes · JLPT 2

船

ship, boat

on: セン
kun: ふね、ふな-

11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
到着	とうちゃく touchaku	arrival
水着	みずぎ mizugi	bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
下着	したぎ shitagi	underwear; undergarment; underclothes
定着	ていちゃく teichaku	sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; fixing
着る	きる kiru	to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on
着陸	ちゃくりく chakuriku	landing; alighting; touch down
大陸	たいりく tairiku	continent
陸上	りくじょう rikujou	(on) land; ground; shore
船長	せんちょう senchou	ship's captain; skipper

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.