Japanese symbol for “flight”
飛行
ひこう
Romaji: hikou
flight; flying; aviation
In Japanese, flight is 飛行, read ひこう (hikou).
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.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs flight; flying; aviation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “flight”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便 | びん bin | flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); sailing (e.g. ferry voyage) |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion; escape |
| 脱走 | だっそう dassou | escape; flight; breakout |
| 逃亡 | とうぼう toubou | escape; flight; running away |
| 逃避 | とうひ touhi | escape; evasion; flight |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飛行機 | ひこうき hikouki | airplane; aeroplane; plane |
| 飛ぶ | とぶ tobu | to fly; to soar |
| 飛躍 | ひやく hiyaku | leap; jump |
| 飛ばし | とばし tobashi | selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans |
| 飛ばす | とばす tobasu | to let fly; to make fly; to send flying |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう ginkou | bank; banking institution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “flight”.
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.