航
boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #498 U+822A
How 航 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
舟 (semantic, “ship”) + 亢 (phonetic, kàng)
How to remember it
navigate · Heisig RSH #2822
舟 boat + whirlwind
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亢
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亢 (kàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亢 sound component | kàng | high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname |
| 坑 | kēng | pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry |
| 杭 | háng | ford; surname |
| 吭 | kēng | throat |
| 炕 | kàng | the brick-bed in northern China |
| 伉 | kàng | husband, wife; pair; compare, match |
| 沆 | hàng | ferry; fog; to go with the flow |
| 闶 | kāng | door |
| 肮 | āng | dirty, filthy |
| 钪 | kàng | scandium |
| 颃 | háng | to dive, to fly downward |
Words containing 航
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国航海日 | Zhōng guó Háng hǎi rì | Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1… |
| 航天中心 | háng tiān zhōng xīn | space center |
| 中国东方航空 | Zhōng guó Dōng fāng Háng kōng | China Eastern Airlines |
| 中国国家航天局 | Zhōng guó Guó jiā Háng tiān jú | China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| 中国航天工业公司 | Zhōng guó Háng tiān Gōng yè Gōng sī | China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporat… |
| 中国航空工业公司 | Zhōng guó Háng kōng Gōng yè Gōng sī | Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) |
| 中国联合航空 | Zhōng guó Lián hé Háng kōng | China United Airlines |
| 法国航空 | Fǎ guó Háng kōng | Air France |
| 国家航空公司 | guó jiā háng kōng gōng sī | flag carrier |
| 法国航空公司 | Fǎ guó Háng kōng Gōng sī | Air France |
| 航海家 | háng hǎi jiā | mariner; seafarer |
| 美国航空 | Měi guó Háng kōng | American Airlines |
| 中国民用航空局 | Zhōng guó Mín yòng Háng kōng jú | Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) |
| 美国国家航空航天局 | Měi guó Guó jiā Háng kōng Háng tiān jú | NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government |
| 美国航空公司 | Měi guó Háng kōng Gōng sī | American Airlines |
| 中国国际航空公司 | Zhōng guó Guó jì Háng kōng Gōng sī | Air China Ltd. |
| 日本航空 | Rì běn Háng kōng | Japan Airlines (JAL) |
| 国家航天局 | Guó jiā Háng tiān jú | China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| 航天器 | háng tiān qì | spacecraft |
| 航空学 | háng kōng xué | aviation science |