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航

Navigation
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingコウ
JōyōGrade 5Level 29
  1. (sea) voyage
  2. sailing
  3. passage
  4. cruise

Popular Usage

航空

Radicals and components

Radical舟boat
Components
How it's built
航
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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boat · whirlwind · top hat (亠) · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2014

Compound words

航空こうくう
aviation; flying
運航うんこう
operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation; flight
航海こうかい
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
航行こうこう
cruise; navigation; sailing
航法こうほう
sailing; navigation
航路こうろ
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
就航しゅうこう
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
巡航じゅんこう
cruise; cruising
渡航とこう
voyage; passage; travelling
難航なんこう
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble
密航みっこう
stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
航空機こうくうき
aircraft
航空券こうくうけん
airline ticket; plane ticket; air ticket
航空便こうくうびん
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
航空会社こうくうがいしゃ
airline company
航空母艦こうくうぼかん
aircraft carrier
航空自衛隊こうくうじえいたい
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
格安航空券かくやすこうくうけん
discount airline ticket
曳航えいこう
towing (a ship)
往航おうこう
outward voyage
回航かいこう
navigation
廻航かいこう
navigation
寄航きこう
calling at a port
休航きゅうこう
suspension of sailings

Additional Examples

彼は世界一周航海という大望を遂げた。
He realized his ambition to sail around the world.tatoeba
彼はヨットで世界をまわる航海を始めた。
He started his voyage around the world in his sailboat.tatoeba
航空宇宙工学専攻
Department of Aeronautics and Astronauticswiki
第一美保海軍航空隊
The First Miho Naval Air Corpswiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Navigate, sail. 舟 (boat) + 亢 — a boat cutting straight across water. 航空 — aviation.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 航

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