航空
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
航空 (hángkōng) · aviation
航空 (hángkōng) means “aviation; airline”. It is written with 2 characters: 航 (vessel) + 空 (empty). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 航空 is built
The characters
航 háng · vessel
What 航 is made of
- 舟zhōu — boat
- 亢kàng — high
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 舟 gives the meaning, 亢 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
空 kōng · empty
What 空 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 穴 gives the meaning, 工 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他在一家航空公司工作。Tā zài yī jiā hángkōng gōngsī gōngzuò.He works for an airline.
你对航空感兴趣吗？Nǐ duì hángkōng gǎnxìngqù ma?Are you interested in aviation?
Questions about 航空
What does 航空 mean?
航空 (hángkōng) means “aviation; airline”.
How do you pronounce 航空?
航空 is pronounced hángkōng.
Which HSK level is 航空?
航空 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 航班hángbānflight
- 导航dǎohángnavigation
- 航天hángtiānspaceflight
- 航行hángxíngto sail
- 空气kōngqìair
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 空调kōngtiáoair conditioner
- 空儿kòngrspare time
- 天空tiānkōngsky
- 空间kōngjiānspace
Learn 航空 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.