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航空

航空

Chinese

 
boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
 
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad.
(航空)

Noun

航空

  1. aviation
  2. airline
  3. airmail

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (航空):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 4
くう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

うくう (Heiban)[1]

Noun

航空 (hiragana こうくう, romaji kōkū, historical hiragana かうくう)

  1. aviation
    • 1945, 海野十三, 宇宙戦隊:
      今日 (こんにち)航空 (こうくう)戦隊 (せんたい)は、やがて「宇宙戦隊 (うちゅうせんたい)」の時代 (じだい)にかわっていくことでしょう。
      Konnichi no kōkū sentai wa, yagate “Uchū sentai” No jidai ni kawatte iku koto deshō.
      Maybe before long the air squadron of today will be replaced with a "space squadron" of tomorrow.

Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

航空 (hanggong) (hangeul 항공)

  1. Hanja form? of 항공, “aviation”.