TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
航
航 ＝ 舟 ＋ 亢
ㄏㄤˊ · háng
verb — to sail, to navigate (by ship or air)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
舟義a boatthe boat radical on the left
亢聲kàng — gives the sounda neck stretched high; here only the reading
ITkàng → háng — the reading shifts
A boat (舟) crossing open water — to sail. 亢 kàng lends the sound, drifting to háng. The boat carried the word first; the same 航 now covers flight as well: 航海, 航空, 航班, 導航.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一條船（舟）駛過大水——一路航行。
A boat (舟) driving across open water — sailing on.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)航行、航海— to sail, to voyage常用
→航空、航班— aviation; a flight常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension