航 – navigate, sail, cruise

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The kanji 航 means navigate, sail, cruise, fly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 舟 (no. 137).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 舟 (Kangxi radical 137). Components: 舟・亠・几.

Words using 航

航空こうくうaviation航海こうかい(sea) voyage

Example sentences

その航空専門家は統計を詳細に分析した。

The aviation expert analyzed the statistics in detail.

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そのヨットは順調に航海中だ。

The yacht is under smooth sail.

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Kanji with the same radical

般船艦舶舟艘

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