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Kotomora

艦

warship

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes21

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

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  • 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

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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.