Japanese symbol for “spaceship”
宇宙船
うちゅうせん
Romaji: uchuusen
spaceship
In Japanese, spaceship is 宇宙船, read うちゅうせん (uchuusen).
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Meanings
- n spaceship
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宇宙 | うちゅう uchuu | universe; cosmos; space |
| 宇都宮 | うつのみや utsunomiya | Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi) |
| 小宇宙 | しょううちゅう shouuchuu | microcosmos; microcosm |
| 宇都宮線 | うつのみやせん utsunomiyasen | Utsunomiya Line |
| 一宇 | いちう ichiu | one house; one roof |
| 宙返り | ちゅうがえり chuugaeri | somersault; looping-the-loop |
| 宙吊り | ちゅうづり chuuzuri | hanging in midair; suspended in midair |
| 大宇宙 | だいうちゅう daiuchuu | macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe |
| 船長 | せんちょう senchou | ship's captain; skipper |
See also: Chinese symbol for “spaceship”.
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.