The kanji character 航 primarily conveys the meaning of "sailing," "navigating," or "voyaging," typically by water or air. It implies a journey or a course, often referring to travel across a body of water or through the sky.

・On-yomi (音読み): コウ (kō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): わた（る） (wata(ru)) - This is a verb and not commonly used.

⚫︎航海 (kōkai) Translation: Navigation; voyage; sailing ⚫︎航空 (kōkū) Translation: Aviation; flight ⚫︎出航 (shukkō) Translation: Departure of a ship or aircraft

The kanji 航 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). It is composed of two parts: ⚫︎The semantic component is 舟 (fune), meaning "boat" or "ship," which indicates the meaning of traveling by water. ⚫︎The phonetic component is 亢 (kō), which is used for its sound and contributes to the pronunciation コウ (kō). Originally, 亢 meant "neck." The combination suggests the act of a boat "sailing" or "navigating" across water. Over time, the meaning extended to encompass travel by air as well.