航

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boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly

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HSK 3.0: Level 4
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 10
Radical: 舟 +4
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 航
Common rank: #498
Unicode: U+822A

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Formation & memory

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How 航 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

舟 meaning “ship” + 亢 sound ( kàng )

Components 舟亢

How to remember it

navigate · Heisig RSH #2822

舟 boat + whirlwind

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 航

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国航海日	Zhōng guó Háng hǎi rì	Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和\|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1…
航天中心	háng tiān zhōng xīn	space center
中国东方航空	Zhōng guó Dōng fāng Háng kōng	China Eastern Airlines
中国国家航天局	Zhōng guó Guó jiā Háng tiān jú	China National Space Administration (CNSA)
中国航天工业公司	Zhōng guó Háng tiān Gōng yè Gōng sī	China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporat…
中国航空工业公司	Zhōng guó Háng kōng Gōng yè Gōng sī	Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
中国联合航空	Zhōng guó Lián hé Háng kōng	China United Airlines
法国航空	Fǎ guó Háng kōng	Air France
国家航空公司	guó jiā háng kōng gōng sī	flag carrier
法国航空公司	Fǎ guó Háng kōng Gōng sī	Air France
航海家	háng hǎi jiā	mariner; seafarer
美国航空	Měi guó Háng kōng	American Airlines
中国民用航空局	Zhōng guó Mín yòng Háng kōng jú	Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
美国国家航空航天局	Měi guó Guó jiā Háng kōng Háng tiān jú	NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government
美国航空公司	Měi guó Háng kōng Gōng sī	American Airlines
中国国际航空公司	Zhōng guó Guó jì Háng kōng Gōng sī	Air China Ltd.
日本航空	Rì běn Háng kōng	Japan Airlines (JAL)
国家航天局	Guó jiā Háng tiān jú	China National Space Administration (CNSA)
航天器	háng tiān qì	spacecraft
航空学	háng kōng xué	aviation science

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 亢 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亢 sound part	kàng	high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname
坑	kēng	pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
杭	háng	ford; surname
吭	kēng	throat
炕	kàng	the brick-bed in northern China
伉	kàng	husband, wife; pair; compare, match
沆	hàng	ferry; fog; to go with the flow
闶	kāng	door
肮	āng	dirty, filthy
钪	kàng	scandium
颃	háng	to dive, to fly downward