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Elizabeth
Nov 24, 2006, 04:09
Does anyone know the kanji for a Chinese junk ? I noticed the character under a picture of one this morning and assumed it was the same, but none of the radicals were related to a ship. And to make matters worse, I'm away from home without a good dictionary. :(

So thanks in advance ! Anyone with clues to solving this mystery of the missing junk please post. :p

undrentide
Nov 24, 2006, 04:20
Could it be 戎克?
It looks like a way to write "junk" just for sound, according to Wikipedia.

中国語の「船(チュアン)」が転訛したマライ語の「jōng」、更にそれが転訛したスペイン語・ポルトガル語の「junco」に由来す 驍ニされる。漢字では「戎克」と表記するが、これは当 ト字に過ぎない。中国語では「大民船」、または単に「 ソ船」という。

It seems that the proper kanji for the junk is 帆船 or 大民船.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF_(%E8%88%B9)
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%B8%86%E8%88%B9