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
航行
hángxíng
to sail; to navigate
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 受强风影响，救援船只能沿近岸航行。 Shòu qiángfēng yǐngxiǎng, jiùyuán chuán zhǐ néng yán jìn'àn hángxíng. Affected by strong winds, the rescue ship could only sail along the nearshore area.
- 大船在平静的海面上缓缓航行。 Dà chuán zài píngjìng de hǎimiàn shang huǎnhuǎn hángxíng. The big ship sails slowly over the calm sea.
- 从这里到岛上，船要航行三个小时。 Cóng zhèlǐ dào dǎo shang, chuán yào hángxíng sān ge xiǎoshí. From here to the island the boat sails for three hours.
Related words
- 航班 hángbān flight
- 航空 hángkōng aviation
- 导航 dǎoháng to navigate; navigation
- 航海 hánghǎi seafaring; navigation; to sail
- 航天 hángtiān spaceflight; aerospace
- 航天员 hángtiānyuán astronaut; cosmonaut
- 航运 hángyùn shipping; maritime transport
- 续航 xùháng to keep travelling; endurance; range
- 行 xíng OK, all right; to go
- 不行 bùxíng not okay; cannot
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 举行 jǔxíng to hold an event