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Chinese symbol for “aircraft”

航空器
háng kōng qì
aircraft

The closest CC-CEDICT match for aircraft is 航空器 (háng kōng qì), defined as: aircraft.

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

航 háng
vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes
空 kōng
hollow, empty, deserted, bare
radical 116 ⽳ · 8 strokes
器 qì
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Other Chinese words for “aircraft”

WordPinyinMeaning
机 (機)jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft

Related words

Other words that share a character with 航空器.

WordPinyinMeaning
航空háng kōngaviation
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
航线 (航線)háng xiànair or shipping route
航空公司háng kōng gōng sīairline; measure word: 家 (jiā)
导航 (導航)dǎo háng(lit. and fig.) to navigate
航天háng tiānspace flight
空间 (空間)kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms

See also: Japanese symbol for “aircraft”.

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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