艦 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order

Readings

On readingカン

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

warshipRtK
潜水艦は沈んで二度と浮上しなかった。The submarine sank, never to rise again.tatoeba
戦艦ビスマルク号を海のもくずとするには、何発もの魚雷を命中させなければならなかった。It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.tatoeba

Homonyms

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Same reading (かん)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical舟boat

Components

How it's built

艦

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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boat · oversee · retainer · slave · reclining · lying down · one (一) · floor · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2020

Compound words

軍艦ぐんかん

warship; battleship

艦船かんせん

warships and other vessels; naval vessels

艦隊かんたい

(naval) fleet; armada

艦艇かんてい

naval vessels; warships

bridge (e.g. on a warship)

艦上かんじょう

aboard a warship

艦長かんちょう

captain (of a warship)

carrier-based aircraft

dreadnought (class of warships)

仮装巡洋艦かそうじゅんようかん

merchant raider

超弩級戦艦ちょうどきゅうせんかん

superdreadnought (class of warships)

ミサイル駆逐艦ミサイルくちくかん

(guided) missile destroyer

Additional Examples

私はこれまで黄色い潜水艦を見たことがない。

I've never seen a yellow submarine in my life.tatoeba

わが連合艦隊は敵の防衛海域を突破した。

Our combined fleet broke through the enemy's defense zone.tatoeba

Stroke Order

21 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 艦

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step