航行

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Chinese

boat; ship; vessel
boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
trad. (航行) 航 行
simp. #(航行) 航 行

Pronunciation

Verb

航行

  1. to sail or fly; to navigate; to cruise

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (航行):
  • → Japanese: 航(こう)行(こう) (kōkō)
  • → Korean: 항행(航行) (hanghaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航 行
こう
Grade: 5 		こう
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

航(こう)行(こう) • (kōkō) ←かうかう (kaukau)?

  1. sailing
    航(こう)行(こう)を続(つづ)けている。
    Kōkō o tsuzukete iru.
    The ships have kept going.

Derived terms

Verb

航(こう)行(こう)する • (kōkō suru) ←かうかう (kaukau)?intransitive suru (stem 航(こう)行(こう)し (kōkō shi), past 航(こう)行(こう)した (kōkō shita))

  1. to sail, to cruise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "航行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 航行し こうこうし kōkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 航行し こうこうし kōkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 航行する こうこうする kōkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 航行する こうこうする kōkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 航行すれ こうこうすれ kōkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 航行せよ¹
航行しろ² 		こうこうせよ¹
こうこうしろ² 		kōkō seyo¹
kōkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 航行される こうこうされる kōkō sareru
Causative 航行させる
航行さす 		こうこうさせる
こうこうさす 		kōkō saseru
kōkō sasu
Potential 航行できる こうこうできる kōkō dekiru
Volitional 航行しよう こうこうしよう kōkō shiyō
Negative 航行しない こうこうしない kōkō shinai
Negative continuative 航行せず こうこうせず kōkō sezu
Formal 航行します こうこうします kōkō shimasu
Perfective 航行した こうこうした kōkō shita
Conjunctive 航行して こうこうして kōkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 航行すれば こうこうすれば kōkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
航行

Noun

航行 • (hanghaeng) (hangeul 항행)

  1. hanja form? of 항행
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