Japanese symbol for “airlift”

空輸

くうゆ

Romaji: kuuyu

air transport; air lift; airlift

In Japanese, airlift is 空輸, read くうゆ (kuuyu).

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Meanings

adj-no, n, vs air transport; air lift; airlift

Kanji and stroke order

空

empty, sky, void

on: クウ
kun: そら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける

8 strokes · JLPT 4

輸

transport, send, be inferior

on: ユ、シュ

16 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
空気	くうき kuuki	air; atmosphere
空港	くうこう kuukou	airport
空間	くうかん kuukan	space; room; airspace
航空	こうくう koukuu	aviation; flying
航空機	こうくうき koukuuki	aircraft
空中	くうちゅう kuuchuu	(in) the air; midair; sky
輸入	ゆにゅう yunyuu	import; importation; introduction
輸送	ゆそう yusou	transport; transportation; transit

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.