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航

háng
noun #6,060

Meanings

  1. 1 to navigate; to sail
  2. 2 boat; ship
  3. 3 aviation; flight

Examples

HSK 4
航班取消了。
Hángbān qǔxiāo le.
The flight was cancelled.
HSK 4
中国有很多航空公司。
Zhōngguó yǒu hěnduō hángkōng gōngsī.
China has many airlines.

Tips

usage
航班 (flight), 航空 (aviation), 导航 (navigation) are very common.

Components

radical
舟 zhōu
boat
Left boat radical, the indexing component (Kangxi 137). Pictographic depiction of a flat-bottomed boat with deck planks. Marks 航 as a navigation character: travelling by boat across water, and by extension flying through air. Same radical anchors 船 (ship), 艇 (boat), 舵 (rudder), 舱 (cabin).
phonetic
亢 kàng
high; throat
Right-side 亢 supplies the sound: kàng shifts to háng with a velar drift. Beyond sound, 亢 (high, lofty) hints at the modern aviation extension - the boat goes high through air. Same phonetic: 抗 (resist), 坑 (pit), 杭 (Hangzhou).

Stroke Order

航 háng