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Chinese symbol for “airmail”

航空邮件
háng kōng yóu jiàn
Traditional: 航空郵件
airmail

The closest CC-CEDICT match for airmail is 航空邮件 (háng kōng yóu jiàn), defined as: airmail.

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
邮 yóu
mail; post office
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 航空邮件.

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
邮件 (郵件)yóu jiànmail; post
事件shì jiànincident; event

See also: Japanese symbol for “airmail”.

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.