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Kanji Detail for 行 - "go, act, travel"

行

  • Meaning

    行 means "go, act, travel."

    1. Go - To walk; to travel; to proceed.

    2. Do - To act; to perform; to conduct.

    3. Row - A line; a column; a series.

    4. Bank - A financial institution.

    5. Journey - A trip; travel.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    going; journey; carry out; conduct; act; line; row; bank

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to go, to walk, to move; professional

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Human walking. Such as saying 自由行動 (free movement). | All flowing of things and execution of affairs is called 行. Therefore official document decisions are called 畫行. | To go. Such as 送行 (seeing off), 辭行 (taking leave). The death of an emperor is called 大行 (great departure). Like going away forever. | Not fixed. Such as in old times, temporary official offices were called 行臺 (traveling platform), 行署 (traveling office). Also outer provinces are called 行省 (traveling province). Named after the Yuan's Traveling Secretariat. In distinction from the Central Secretariat. | Materials for use. Anciently metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were called the five elements (五行). Meaning the necessities of daily human life. | Experience. Such as saying 一行作吏 (once became an official). Also the meaning of gradually reaching. Such as 行年五十 (approaching fifty years of age). 行將就木 (approaching the grave). Both mean that time and events are progressing and not yet finished. | Singing poetry. Such as yuefu having 長歌行 (long song), 短歌行 (short song), and such types. | A style of calligraphy. At the beginning of Wei, there were the Zhong and Hu families. They developed the running script style. Appears in "Shu Duan" (Discussion of Calligraphy). | Moral conduct. In the heart it is virtue. When manifested it is conduct. Such as 獨行 (solitary conduct), 一行 (one deed), and the like. All refer to especially notable virtue and righteousness. Therefore Buddhists call purifying oneself to serve Buddha as 修行 (cultivation). | A row. In ancient armies, twenty-five men formed one row (行). Therefore soldiers are called 行伍 (ranks). Any single row is called 一行. Such as the rows and columns of writing. | Those who buy and sell goods for convenient transport and distribution are called 行. Such as 行棧 (trading firm), 行家 (expert). | The occupation practiced by artisans and craftsmen. Commonly called three hundred sixty trades. Such as those in the same trade are called 同行 (colleagues), those not skilled in the matter are called 外行 (layman). | Order of rank. Such as 行一 (first in rank), 行二 (second in rank). | Generation. Such as calling elders among relatives and friends 丈人行 (elder generation). | 行行 (ganggang). A strong and resolute appearance. Appears in the Analerta.
  • Onyomitip

    an(あん) あん

    gyo(ぎょ) ぎょ

    ko(こ) こ

  • Kunyomitip

    i.ku(いく) いく

    michi(みち) みち

    okona.u(おこなう) おこなう

    shi.nu(しぬ) しぬ

    ya.ru(やる) やる

    yu.ku(ゆく) ゆく

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    彳 (gyonimben)行 (gyo・gyogamae・yukigamae)

  • Related Keywords
    go walk travel journey do act perform conduct behavior deed action row line bank trip proceed

Sentences including 行

  • I went skiing for the first time this winter.

  • How many hours does it take to go to okinawa by plane?

  • Will you go to america next year?

  • We went to paris in the course of our travels.

  • Are we losing a day on the way to america?

  • That's why i told you not to go by yourself.

  • She married a bank clerk.

  • I want to go to america someday.

  • Don't go to such a place at night.

  • Where did you go yesterday?

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