Chinese symbol for “navigator”
领航员
lǐng háng yuán
Traditional: 領航員
navigator
The closest CC-CEDICT match for navigator is 领航员 (lǐng háng yuán), defined as: navigator.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “navigator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 导航员 (導航員) | dǎo háng yuán | navigator (on a plane or boat) |
| 领航 (領航) | lǐng háng | navigation; navigator |
| 导览 (導覽) | dǎo lǎn | (visitor, tour, audio etc) guide; guided tour |
| 航海者 | háng hǎi zhě | navigator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领航员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 航班 | háng bān | (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “navigator”.
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.