Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: navigate, sail, cruise, fly

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふねへん

Meaning: boat

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

海(こうかい)   voyage, cruise, navigation

路(こうろ)   course, route, run

空機(こうくうき)   aircraft

空券(こうくうけん)   air ticket

空便(こうくうびん)   air mail

空会社(こうくうがいしゃ)   airline company

する(うんこうする)   run (between), ply (the waters)

する(なんこうする)   make a difficult passage

Onyomi Examples

コウクウ aviation, flying

コウカイ (sea) voyage, navigation, sailing, passage, cruise

ミッコウ smuggling (people), stowing away

シュウコウ entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship), going into commission, being in service