艦
艦 — Warship
warship
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (21 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 艦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艦 | かん kan | warship |
| 艦隊 | かんたい kantai | (naval) fleet; armada |
| 潜水艦 | せんすいかん sensuikan | submarine |
| 艦船 | かんせん kansen | warships and other vessels; naval vessels |
| 艦艇 | かんてい kantei | naval vessels; warships |
| 軍艦 | ぐんかん gunkan | warship; battleship |
Study notes
艦 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 21 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1363 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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