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Chinese symbol for “navigate”

导航
dǎo háng
Traditional: 導航
(lit. and fig.) to navigate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for navigate is 导航 (dǎo háng), defined as: (lit. and fig.) to navigate.

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

导 dǎo
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
radical 41 ⼨ · 6 strokes
航 háng
vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “navigate”

WordPinyinMeaning
航行háng xíngto sail; to fly
航hángboat; ship
领航 (領航)lǐng hángnavigation; navigator
行船xíng chuánto sail a boat; to navigate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 导航.

WordPinyinMeaning
领导 (領導)lǐng dǎolead; leading
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
指导 (指導)zhǐ dǎoto guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
领导人 (領導人)lǐng dǎo rénleader
导演 (導演)dǎo yǎnto direct; director (film etc)
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
航空háng kōngaviation
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

See also: Japanese symbol for “navigate”.

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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