航 — kanji meaning “navigate”
航
navigate, sail, cruise, fly
- Meanings
- navigate, sail, cruise, fly
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- わたる
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #665 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 137
- Chinese reading
- háng — Chinese character page
Words with 航
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 航空 | こうくう koukuu | aviation; flying |
| 航空機 | こうくうき koukuuki | aircraft |
| 航海 | こうかい koukai | (sea) voyage; navigation; sailing |
| 航路 | こうろ kouro | (air or sea) route; course; line |
| 難航 | なんこう nankou | difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight |
| 渡航 | とこう tokou | voyage; passage; travelling |
| 航行 | こうこう koukou | cruise; navigation; sailing |
| 運航 | うんこう unkou | operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation |
| 出航 | しゅっこう shukkou | departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port |
| 巡航 | じゅんこう junkou | cruise; cruising |
| 就航 | しゅうこう shuukou | entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service |
| 密航 | みっこう mikkou | stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad |
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