导 dǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- Made of
- 巳 snake 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
导航
dǎoháng
to navigate; navigation
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 暴雨导致路牌模糊不清，司机只能依靠手机导航前往避难点。 Bàoyǔ dǎozhì lùpái móhu bùqīng, sījī zhǐ néng yīkào shǒujī dǎoháng qiánwǎng bìnàn diǎn. The heavy rain made the road signs unclear, so the driver could only rely on mobile navigation to reach the shelter.
- 我不认识路，只好打开手机导航。 Wǒ bú rènshi lù, zhǐhǎo dǎkāi shǒujī dǎoháng. I don't know the way, so I had to turn on the phone's navigation.
- 船长靠星星导航，终于找到了小岛。 Chuánzhǎng kào xīngxing dǎoháng, zhōngyú zhǎodào le xiǎo dǎo. The captain navigated by the stars and finally found the small island.