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航 = 亢 + 舟

航 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “navigate”. It is built from 亢 (whirlwind) and 舟 (boat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2014.

Keyword
navigate
RTK frame
2014
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ориентироваться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
航 sail

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亢 whirlwind
  2. 舟 boat

How to find 航 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “whirlwind” + “boat”. 航 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 航 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.