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Chinese symbol for “wake”

航迹
háng jì
Traditional: 航跡
wake (of ship); flight path

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wake is 航迹 (háng jì), defined as: wake (of ship); flight path.

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

航 háng
vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes
迹 jì
trace, sign, mark, footprint
radical 162 ⾡ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wake”

WordPinyinMeaning
尾流wěi liúwake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc); slipstream

Related words

Other words that share a character with 航迹.

WordPinyinMeaning
航空háng kōngaviation
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
航线 (航線)háng xiànair or shipping route
航空公司háng kōng gōng sīairline; measure word: 家 (jiā)
导航 (導航)dǎo háng(lit. and fig.) to navigate
航天háng tiānspace flight
奇迹 (奇跡)qí jìvariant of 奇迹 (qí jì)
痕迹 (痕跡)hén jìvestige; mark

See also: Japanese symbol for “wake”.

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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