Chinese symbol for “airborne”
空降
kōng jiàng
to drop from the sky; (fig.) to appear out of nowhere; (attributive) airborne
The closest CC-CEDICT match for airborne is 空降 (kōng jiàng), defined as: to drop from the sky; (fig.) to appear out of nowhere; (attributive) airborne.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空降.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline; to drop |
See also: Japanese symbol for “airborne”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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