Japanese Word Entry

船員
Kana:せんいん
Romaji:sen'in
Definition: sailor, seaman, seafarer

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Chinese characters used in this word

ship, boat, vessel
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ (chuán)
Cantonese: syun4
Japanese: セン (sen) / ふね (fune)、 ふな- (funa-)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: thuyền
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

employee, member, number, the one in charge, personnel, staff member
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩㄢˊ (yuán), ㄩㄣˊ (yún), ㄩㄣˋ (yùn)
Cantonese: jyun4
Japanese: イン (in)、 エン (en) / かず (kazu)
Korean: 원 (weon), 운 (un)
Vietnamese: viên, vân
Variants
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