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飛行機
ひこうき
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airplane
Hikōki is first attested in 1908, and is 飛行 (hikō, “flying, flight”) plus 機 (-ki, “machine”), a calque of English flying machine.
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In a sentence
飛行機が見えた。
I saw a plane.
飛行機は急上昇した。
The airplane climbed sharply.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “First attested in 1908, cited from the 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) serial in its October 3 issue.”
- “From 飛行(ひこう) (hikō, “flying, flight”) + 機(き) (-ki, “machine”), a calque of English flying machine.”
Source: Wiktionary: 飛行機 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.
- Made in Japan
- Coined in Japan from foreign material (wasei-kango, wasei-eigo), not borrowed whole.