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航 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「舟」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「舟」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
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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

Compound

Map of radical 舟Map of reading コウAll maps

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