航

háng

boat

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

boat (舟) + sound (亢) = to navigate or sail

舟 is a pictograph of a boat, anchoring the meaning of water or air travel. 亢 mainly contributes the háng sound; the vessel does all the semantic work.

舟+亢→航
亢HighPhonetic
舟BoatSemantic

这艘船沿着河流缓缓航行。

zhè sōu chuán yán zhe hé liú huǎn huǎn háng xíng 。

this ship slowly navigates along the river.

宇宙飞船在太空中航行了很长时间。

yǔ zhòu fēi chuán zài tài kōng zhōng háng xíng le hěn cháng shí jiān 。

the spacecraft navigated through outer space for a very long time.

Words with 航

日航

rì háng

Japan Airlines (JAL) (abbr. for 日本航空[Ri4 ben3 Hang2 kong1])

美国航空公司

měi guó háng kōng gōng sī

American Airlines

北京航空航天大学

běi jīng háng kōng háng tiān dà xué

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

导航

dǎo háng

(lit. and fig.) to navigate

民航

mín háng

civil aviation

领航员

lǐng háng yuán

navigator

航站楼

háng zhàn lóu

airport terminal

启航

qǐ háng

(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off

迷航

mí háng

(of a ship, aircraft or migratory bird) to lose its way

护航

hù háng

a naval escort

航海家

háng hǎi jiā

mariner

肯尼迪航天中心

kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn

Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida

More characters with 舟

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