行 — how to write the kanji for “going”
行 means “going”, “journey” and “carry out”; it is a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (20th). As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 20 kanji in KANJIDIC2. On its own it is the word gyou, “line; row”. Read kou, it forms 行動 (“action”), 銀行 (“bank”) and 旅行 (“travel”); the native reading okona-u gives 行う (“to perform”). Chinese reads it xíng, “to walk”, at HSK 3.
- Strokes
- 6
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 行 (“going”)
- On
- コウ, ギョウ, アン
- Kun
- -い·き, -ゆ·き, おこな·う
Stroke by stroke
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- Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdown and left
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdown and left
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical hook ㇚rightdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (6 strokes in Japanese, 6 strokes in Chinese).
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- コウ kou, ギョウ gyou, アン an
- Kun (native)
- -い·き -i-ki, -ゆ·き -yu-ki, おこな·う okona-u, い·く i-ku (rare), ゆ·く yu-ku (rare), -ゆき -yuki (rare), -いき -iki (rare), おこ·なう oko-nau (rare)
- Meanings
- going; journey; carry out; conduct; act; line
- Read kou
- 行動 銀行 旅行 現行 発行 実行
- Read okona-u
- 行う
- Read yu-ku
- 行方
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 20th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 행 haeng
- Common words
- 132 in JMdict
Words with 行
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct |
| 行政 | ぎょうせい gyousei | executive; government |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう ginkou | bank; banking institution |
| 旅行 | りょこう ryokou | travel; trip |
| 現行 | げんこう genkou | present; current |
| 発行 | はっこう hakkou | publication; issue |
| 行方 | ゆくえ yukue | (one's) whereabouts; destination |
| 行為 | こうい koui | act; deed |
| 実行 | じっこう jikkou | execution; carrying out |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N5, in list order: