What is the Kanji for "Warship"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Warship", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Warship" is "艦".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "舟" means "Boat" and can be read as "Shuu", "Fune", and "Funa". And The kanji "監" means "Watch", "Supervise", and "Oversee" and can be read as "Kan".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "艦" mean in japanese?

"艦" means "Warship".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

艦: "Warship". The Japanese suffix '艦 (かん)' means 'warship'. It is commonly used to refer to naval vessels, especially large military ships such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, and cruisers. For example: 空母艦 (くうぼかん) - aircraft carrier, 駆逐艦 (くちくかん) - destroyer, 巡洋艦 (じゅんようかん) - cruiser.

艦隊: "Fleet". The Japanese noun '艦隊 (かんたい)' refers to a group of naval vessels, typically warships, that are operating together. It is often used to describe the combined naval forces of a country or military organization. '艦隊' can be used to describe fleets of various sizes, from just a few ships to a large armada. For example: The fleet departed the harbor - (艦隊は港を出航した). The warships were organized into a mighty fleet - (軍艦は強大な艦隊を形成していた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.