航 (hong4 | hang2) : sail, navigate; ship, boat, vessel

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航

hong4

hang2

[1] [v] sail; navigate
[2] [n] ship; boat; vessel

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 舟 (#137)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

航

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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導航 dou6 hong4 dao3 hang2 = navigation; pilot; guide

通航 tung1 hong4 tong1 hang2 = to be open to sea or air traffic; to be open to navigation

民航 man4 hong4 min2 hang2 = [n] civil aviation

航空 hong4 hung1 hang2 kong1 = aviation; by air mail

航空母艦 hong4 hung1 mou5 laam6 hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4 = aircraft carrier

航線 hong4 sin3 hang2 xian4 = a ship or air route

護航 wu6 hong4 hu4 hang2 = convoy

航班 hong4 baan1 = scheduled flight

航機 hong4 gei1 = airliner

國泰航空公司 gwok3 taai3 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1 = Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
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Decimal representation of this word: 航
Unicode code for this character: U+822A (off-site link)

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