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航 — 10 strokes / Radical「舟」

道
6Elementary year 5 / 10 strokes / Radical「舟」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
—
Meaning
to sail; navigate; voyage

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

舟 "boat" plus 亢; crossing the water by boat — hence "to sail, voyage."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō航海こうかい航空こうくう就航しゅうこう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 航空こうくう

    aviation

  • 出航しゅっこう

    departure (of a ship)

More words with this kanji

  • 曳航えいこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

航空(こうくう)の切(せつ)ぷを二(に)まい買(か)った。

They bought two air tickets.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

出航航空航出exit空sky舟boat般sort舫to moo…舳the pr…舵rudder効effect厚thick耕to plo…格status鉱ore
CompoundRadicalReading

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