JLPT N2 · 10 strokes
Kanji 航: "navigate, sail, cruise"
The kanji 航 means "navigate, sail, cruise, fly". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read コウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | navigate, sail, cruise, fly |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 665 of 2,501 |
Common words with 航
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 航海(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage
- 航行cruise; navigation; sailing
- 航空aviation; flying
- 難航difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight · rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty; rough passage
- 航路(air or sea) route; course; line; run
- 出航departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea
- 航空機aircraft
- 渡航voyage; passage; travelling
- 運航operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation; flight
- 航法sailing; navigation
- 航空会社airline company
- 密航stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
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