舰 (jiàn): warship
舰 (jiàn) is a Chinese character meaning “warship.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (semantic) and 见 (phonetic). It ranks #851 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 舰 ship. Its radical form 舟 (boat) appears in many related characters such as 般 (bān, sort), 船 (chuán, boat), 航 (háng, boat).
Definitions
- warship
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舰队noun | jiàn duì | fleet |
| 舰长noun | jiàn zhǎng | commander |
| 战舰noun | zhàn jiàn | battleship |
| 军舰noun | jūn jiàn | warship |
| 舰船noun | jiàn chuán | warship |
| 驱逐舰noun | qū zhú jiàn | destroyer (warship) |
| 巡洋舰noun | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship) |
| 旗舰noun | qí jiàn | flagship |
| 航空母舰noun | háng kōng mǔ jiàn | aircraft carrier |
| 舰艇noun | jiàn tǐng | warship |
| 护卫舰noun | hù wèi jiàn | escort vessel |
| 舰载adjective | jiàn zài | shipboard (radar system etc) |
| 舰只noun | jiàn zhī | warship |
| 战列舰noun | zhàn liè jiàn | battleship |
| 登陆舰 | dēng lù jiàn | landing craft |
舰 appears in 48 compound words: 21 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 舰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
舰队出海，保卫海疆。
Jiànduì chū hǎi, bǎowèi hǎijiāng.
The fleet sails out to defend territorial waters.
016“光忠”号导弹护卫舰启程前往澳大利亚参加2026年卡卡杜多边...
0 1 6 guāng zhōng hào dǎo dàn hù wèi jiàn qǐ chéng qián wǎng ào dà lì yà cān jiā 2 0 2 6 nián kǎ kǎ dù duō biān . . .
016 The missile frigate "Guangzhong" departed for Australia to participate in the 2026 Kakadu Multilateral...
澳洲军舰通过台海 国防部:国际水域享有航行权利
ào zhōu jūn jiàn tōng guò tái hǎi guó fáng bù : guó jì shuǐ yù xiǎng yǒu háng háng quán lì
Australian warships pass through the Taiwan Strait Ministry of National Defense: International waters have the right to navigate
全台最大旗舰店!牛排馆扫地畚箕举高清灰
quán tái zuì dà qí jiàn diàn ! niú pái guǎn sǎo dì 畚 箕 jǔ gāo qīng huī
The largest flagship store in Taiwan! Steakhouse sweeps the floor and lifts high-definition ash
...层|如愿!守岛30年的海军“兵王”登上军舰
. . . céng rú yuàn ! shǒu dǎo nián de hǎi jūn bīng wáng dēng shǎng jūn jiàn
... The Layers | As You Wish! The Navy's "King of Soldiers" who has been guarding the island for 30 years boards a warship.
中国有能力摧毁你们的航空母舰。
Zhōngguó yǒunénglì cuīhuǐ nǐmen de hángkōngmǔjiàn.
China has the means to destroy your aircraft carriers.
Character Family
舟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the boat radical
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