Talk:Hiyou/@comment-91.11.238.214-20150822171555/@comment-26540665-20150823133704

I can say it is compound word. 飛鷹 means "Flying Hawk" in Kanji ... It's correct.

IJN's CV generally named from flying creature except for former another kind of ships.

For example :

龍 (Ryuu) :Dragon  ex) Ryuujou, Souryuu, Hiryuu, Unryuu


 * 1 Oriental Dragon is a little different from western's.


 * 2  "龍" is now named by latest SS in JMSDF. Soryuu and Unryuu are now SS.

鳳(Hou): Phoenix ex) Houshou, Shouhou, Taihou, Ryuuhou, etc...

鶴(Kaku): Crane  ex) Shoukaku, Zuikaku,

鷹(you) : Hawk  ex) Jun'you, Hiyou,etc...