日本航空

Japan Airlines (JAL) is translated as 日本航空 (Rì běn háng kōng) in Chinese — a direct semantic translation of 'Japan Airlines'. 日本 is the Chinese name for Japan and 航空 means aviation. JAL is commonly abbreviated as 日航 (Rì háng) in Chinese. JAL and ANA are the two largest Japanese carriers.

Character-by-character pronunciation

日本航空 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.