Japanese symbol for “submarine”
潜水艦
せんすいかん
Romaji: sensuikan
submarine
In Japanese, submarine is 潜水艦, read せんすいかん (sensuikan).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n submarine
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “submarine”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| サブマリン | サブマリン sabumarin | submarine |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | undersea; submarine |
| 潜艦 | せんかん senkan | submarine |
| Ｕボート | ユーボート yuubooto | U-boat; submarine |
| 潜水艇 | せんすいてい sensuitei | submersible; (small) submarine |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜在 | せんざい senzai | potentiality; dormancy; latency |
| 潜む | ひそむ hisomu | to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed |
| 潜伏 | せんぷく senpuku | concealment; hiding; ambush |
| 潜水 | せんすい sensui | diving; submerging; going underwater |
| 潜入 | せんにゅう sennyuu | infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover |
| 潜る | くぐる kuguru | to go under; to pass under; to go through |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 水準 | すいじゅん suijun | level; standard |
| 艦隊 | かんたい kantai | (naval) fleet; armada |
See also: Chinese symbol for “submarine”.
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.