航舰 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hángjiàn

aircraft carrier

háng sail, ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

亢 Sound component

kàng, gāng, gēng high

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡaːŋ
Unicode	hɑng

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 艦.

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

见 Sound component

jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡraːmʔ