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Chinese symbol for “convoy”

护航
hù háng
Traditional: 護航
a naval escort; to convoy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for convoy is 护航 (hù háng), defined as: a naval escort; to convoy.

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Characters and stroke order

护 hù
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
航 háng
vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “convoy”

WordPinyinMeaning
结队 (結隊)jié duìto troop (of soldiers etc); convoy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 护航.

WordPinyinMeaning
保护 (保護)bǎo hùto protect; to defend
维护 (維護)wéi hùto defend; to safeguard
护士 (護士)hù shinurse
辩护 (辯護)biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of
护照 (護照)hù zhàopassport; measure word: 本 (běn), 个 (gè)
庇护 (庇護)bì hùto shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum
航空háng kōngaviation
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

See also: Japanese symbol for “convoy”.

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.