Chinese symbol for “sail”
航行
háng xíng
to sail; to fly; to navigate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sail is 航行 (háng xíng), defined as: to sail; to fly; to navigate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sail”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帆 | fān | sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布 (fān bù) canvas |
| 风帆 (風帆) | fēng fān | sail; sailing boat |
| 篷 | péng | sail |
| 船帆 | chuán fān | sail |
| 驾 (駕) | jià | to harness; to draw (a cart etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 航行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 航班 | háng bān | (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing |
| 航线 (航線) | háng xiàn | air or shipping route |
| 航空公司 | háng kōng gōng sī | airline; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 导航 (導航) | dǎo háng | (lit. and fig.) to navigate |
| 航天 | háng tiān | space flight |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sail”.
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.