# 航 — navigate; sail

航 means “navigate; sail”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: コウ (kou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: navigate; sail
- On'yomi: コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Travel & transport

## How to remember 航

Parts: 舟 small boat · 亢 high

## Don't confuse it with

[抗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/resist/) · [坑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mine-shaft/)

## More in the “Travel & transport” set

[航](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/navigate/) · [途](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/en-route/) · [郵](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mail/) · [駐](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/park/) · [泊](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/stay-overnight/) · [舟](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/small-boat/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/navigate/. Last updated 2026-11-01.
