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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “navigate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 航行 | háng xíng | to sail; to fly |
| 航 | háng | boat; ship |
| 领航 (領航) | lǐng háng | navigation; navigator |
| 行船 | xíng chuán | to sail a boat; to navigate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 导航.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 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.