Chinese Character 航 Meanings and components.

Form

航

Meaning

航 meaning[3] in English

Boat.

Ship.

Craft.

View more meanings of 航 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 航 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are boat (舟) , and surname Kang (亢)

Its radical[1] is: 舟 (zhou1) which means: Boat, .舟zhou1boat

In cangjie it is written with HYYHN

How to write 航

To write航hang2boat you should write a combination of 舟zhou1boat , 亢kang4surname Kang arranged in a 吅 shape:

舟 + 亢 = 航

航 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 航 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 航, looks as follow:

航
Pinyin:hang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Boat . Ship . Craft . To Navigate . To Sail . To Fly
舟
Pinyin:zhou1
Meaning[3]: Boat
亢
Pinyin:kang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Kang . Kang, One Of The 28 Constellations
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 航in English or Chinese