航 háng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 亢 high, proud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
航空
hángkōng
aviation
Characters in this word
空 kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 航空公司忙。 Háng kōng gōng sī máng. The airline is busy.
- 我爱航空。 Wǒ ài háng kōng. I love aviation.
- 他学航空。 Tā xué háng kōng. He studies aviation.