CHINESE CHARACTER

航 (háng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

háng

vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate

HSK 410 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

舟

Primary radical

舟 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 航.

亢

Phonetic component

亢 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 10

Write 航 in 10 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 航

航班hángbān

HSK 4 · (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

航空hángkōng

HSK 6 · aviation

导航dǎoháng

HSK 7-9 · (lit. and fig.) to navigate

航海hánghǎi

HSK 7-9 · to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage

航天hángtiān

HSK 7-9 · space flight

航天员hángtiānyuán

HSK 7-9 · astronaut

Examples using 航

航班

我的航班晚点了。

Wǒ de háng bān wǎn diǎn le。

My flight was delayed.

航空

航空邮寄它。

Háng kōng yóu jì tā。

Send it airmail.

航海

我经常在周末去航海。

Wǒ jīng cháng zài zhōu mò qù háng hǎi。

I often go sailing on weekends.

FAQ

What does 航 (háng) mean in Chinese?

vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate

How do you write 航 in stroke order?

航 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 航?

舟 is the radical in 航. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 航?

航班 (hángbān): (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing; 航空 (hángkōng): aviation; 导航 (dǎoháng): (lit. and fig.) to navigate.