航

航 U+822A, 航 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-822A ← 舩 [U+8229] CJK Unified Ideographs 舫 → [U+822B]

Translingual

Han character

航 (Kangxi radical 137, 舟+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜卜竹弓 (HYYHN), four-corner 2041₇, composition ⿰舟亢)

Derived characters

• 𦶢

References

• KangXi: page 1009, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30385
• Dae Jaweon: page 1467, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3058, character 2
• Unihan data for U+822A

Chinese

trad.		航
simp. #		航

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笐	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs
亢	*kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs
牨	*kaːŋ
苀	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
魧	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
迒	*kaːŋ, *ɡaːŋ
邟	*kʰaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
忼	*kʰaːŋʔ, *qʰaːŋ
骯	*kʰaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *qaːŋ
抗	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
炕	*kʰaːŋs, *qʰaːŋ
伉	*kʰaːŋs
閌	*kʰaːŋs
犺	*kʰaːŋs
蚢	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
砊	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
阬	*kʰaːŋs, *kʰraːŋ
頏	*kʰaːŋs, *ɡaːŋ
航	*ɡaːŋ
杭	*ɡaːŋ
沆	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ
肮	*ɡaːŋ
吭	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋʔ, *ɡaːŋs
秔	*kraːŋ
坑	*kʰraːŋ
劥	*kʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːŋ): semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, *kʰaːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háng (hang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hòng
• Min Dong (BUC): hòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hâng / hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁵ / pang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³hhaan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háng
    • Wade–Giles: hang²
    • Yale: háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng
    • Palladius: хан (xan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴
    • Yale: hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: hongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hong²
    • Sinological IPA: /hoŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng
    • Tâi-lô: hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /haŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang⁵ / pang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng / phâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Note: pang5 - vernacular (俗) (etymological character may be 帆 (pang5)).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³hhaan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦɑ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑŋ/

Rime
Character	航
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡郎切
Baxter	hang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	航
Reading #	1/1
No.	7378
Phonetic component	亢
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	航
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋ/

Definitions

航

1. ship; boat
2. to sail; to navigate; (of airplane) to fly

Compounds

Derived terms from 航

• 主航道
• 停航 (tíngháng)
• 出航 (chūháng)
• 回航
• 境外直航
• 夜航
• 宇航 (yǔháng)
• 密航
• 巡航 (xúnháng)
• 引航 (yǐnháng)
• 慈航
• 慈航普渡
• 梯山航海
• 梯航
• 民航 (mínháng)
• 滑航
• 滑航艇
• 航向
• 航天站 (hángtiānzhàn)
• 航太 (hángtài)
• 航拍 (hángpāi)
• 航政
• 航次
• 航海 (hánghǎi)
• 航海家 (hánghǎijiā)
• 航海梯山
• 航班 (hángbān)
• 航程 (hángchéng)
• 航空 (hángkōng)
• 航空信 (hángkōngxìn)
• 航空公司 (hángkōng gōngsī)

• 航空包裹
• 航空器 (hángkōngqì)
• 航空工程
• 航空版
• 航空病
• 航空站 (hángkōngzhàn)
• 航船 (hángchuán)
• 航行 (hángxíng)
• 航路 (hánglù)
• 航途
• 航速
• 航道 (hángdào)
• 裴航
• 起航 (qǐháng)
• 返航 (fǎnháng)
• 迷航
• 通航 (tōngháng)
• 首航 (shǒuháng)
• 北洋航線／北洋航线
• 南洋航線／南洋航线
• 啟航／启航 (qǐháng)
• 導航／导航 (dǎoháng)
• 導航器／导航器
• 導航衛星／导航卫星
• 慣性導航／惯性导航
• 指揮導航／指挥导航
• 棧山航海／栈山航海
• 民航飛機／民航飞机
• 空中護航／空中护航
• 續航／续航 (xùháng)
• 續航力／续航力

• 續航器／续航器
• 航務／航务
• 航天飛機／航天飞机 (hángtiān fēijī)
• 航太工業／航太工业
• 航業／航业
• 航標／航标 (hángbiāo)
• 航權／航权 (hángquán)
• 航海日誌／航海日志
• 航海曆／航海历
• 航海節／航海节
• 航發中心／航发中心
• 航空學校／航空学校
• 航空攝影／航空摄影
• 航空母艦／航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn)
• 航空線／航空线
• 航空郵遞／航空邮递
• 航空醫學／航空医学
• 航線／航线 (hángxiàn)
• 航行燈／航行灯
• 航路標識／航路标识
• 航運／航运 (hángyùn)
• 航郵／航邮
• 處女航／处女航 (chǔnǚháng)
• 衛星導航／卫星导航
• 試航／试航 (shìháng)
• 護航／护航 (hùháng)
• 開航／开航 (kāiháng)
• 領航／领航 (lǐngháng)
• 領航員／领航员 (lǐnghángyuán)
• 飛航／飞航 (fēiháng)

Japanese

Kanji

航

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: わたる (wataru, 航る)

Compounds

• 航空(こうくう) (kōkū): aviation
  • 航空便(こうくうびん) (kōkūbin): airmail
  • 航空郵便(こうくうゆうびん) (kōkūyūbin): airmail
  • 航空機(こうくうき) (kōkūki): aircraft
  • 航空母艦(こうくうぼかん) (kōkūbokan): aircraft carrier

Proper noun

航(わたる) • (Wataru) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

航 • (hang) (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune–Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

航: Hán Nôm readings: hàng

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