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航
háng
Description
“航”和船、飞机有关，表示在水上或天上行走。
"航" is related to ships and airplanes, meaning to travel on water or in the sky.
它常常用在词语里，比如“航班”“航空”。
It is often used in words like "航班" (flight) and "航空" (aviation).
Meanings
航háng
to travel by ship or aircraft; navigate
这艘船航了三天才到。
The ship took three days to arrive.
航háng
navigation; voyage; flight (as a prefix/element)
我们坐的是下午的航班。
We took the afternoon flight.
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Notes
- Etymology
舟 (boat) radical + 亢, originally meaning to cross water by boat.
- Nuance
rarely used alone in speech; appears mostly in compounds like 航班, 航空, 航海.
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