Junk (the boat)

Elizabeth

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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
 
Could it be 戎克?
It looks like a way to write "junk" just for sound, according to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia said:
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」に由来するとされる。漢字では「戎克」と表記するが、これは当て字に過ぎない。中国語では「大民船」、または単に「帆船」という。

It seems that the proper kanji for the junk is 帆船 or 大民船.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ジャンク_(船)
中国帆船 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书
 
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