艦
warship
Readings
On'yomi
- カン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
艦 centers on a large military vessel: a warship. It is specifically a ship built for combat, not a general boat.
Most common words using 艦
20 of 135- 艦かん
warship
- 艦隊かんたい
(naval) fleet; armada
- 戦艦せんかん
battleship
- 艦長かんちょう
captain (of a warship)
- 軍艦ぐんかんN1
warship; battleship
- 旗艦きかん
flagship
- 巡洋艦じゅんようかん
cruiser (warship)
- 艦載かんさい
carrying aboard a warship
- 艦船かんせん
warships and other vessels
- 母艦ぼかん
mother ship
- 艦艇かんてい
naval vessels; warships
- 艦橋かんきょう
bridge (e.g. on a warship)
- 敵艦てきかん
enemy ship
- 乗艦じょうかん
boarding a warship; serving on a warship
- 艦上かんじょう
aboard a warship
- 観艦式かんかんしき
naval review
- 太平洋艦隊たいへいようかんたい
Pacific fleet
- 砲艦ほうかん
gunboat
- 操艦そうかん
steering a warship
- 僚艦りょうかん
consort ship
Study
Etymology
艦 combines 舟 (boat) with 監, which likely contributes the sound カン and may carry a sense of overseeing or inspecting, fitting a command warship.
Meaning mnemonic
A boat 舟 that oversees or inspects 監 the seas: a powerful warship keeping watch.
Reading mnemonic
For カン, imagine a can of ammunition being loaded onto the warship: can -> カン, and the ship is ready for battle.