航 — hang

Parts that make up 航

How 航 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 航 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 舟, 亢.

Korean example words with 航

• 가항可航 Korean gloss: 운항이 가능함
• 속항續航 Korean gloss: 항해를 계속함
• 내항內航 Korean gloss: 국내 항로의 항행
• 항차航次 Korean gloss: 항해나 비행의 차례
• 외항外航 Korean gloss: 배가 외국으로 항행함
• 항속航速 Korean gloss: 선박이나 비행기의 속도
• 출항出航 Korean gloss: 선박이나 항공기가 출발함
• 항공航空 Korean gloss: 비행기로 공중을 날아다님
• 항로航路 Korean gloss: 선박이 지나다니는 해로(海路)
• 원항遠航 Korean gloss: ‘원양 항해’를 줄여 이르는 말
• 항진航進 Korean gloss: 비행기나 선박 따위가 앞으로 나아감
• 결항缺航 Korean gloss: 정기적으로 다니는 배나 비행기가 운항을 거름

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 航

• 航空こうくう aviation; flying
• 航空機こうくうき aircraft
• 航海こうかい (sea) voyage; navigation; sailing
• 運航うんこう operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation
• 難航なんこう difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight
• 渡航とこう voyage; passage; travelling
• 航路こうろ (air or sea) route; course; line
• 航行こうこう cruise; navigation; sailing
• 航空自衛隊こうくうじえいたい Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
• 密航みっこう stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
• 巡航じゅんこう cruise; cruising
• 航空便こうくうびん airmail; air mail; air service

Characters sharing the phonetic 亢

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “항” in Korean.

Other hanja read “항”

Other hanja with radical 舟