The kanji 行: meaning, readings and stroke order
行
- Meaning
- go, carry out
- On reading
- コウ kou、ギョウ gyou、アン* an
- Kun reading
- い(く) iku、ゆ(く) yuku、おこな(う) okonau
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 go, do
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đi, tiến hành (hành)
- Japanese
- いく。おこなう。
- Korean
- 가다, 하다 (항·행)
- Chinese
- 去、举行
Readings, words and example sentences
コウ kou · on reading
通行
passing through, traffic
この 道は 通行できません。
You can't go through on this road.
ギョウ gyou · on reading
一行目
first line
文の 一行目を 読みます。
I read the first line of the text.
い(く) iku · kun reading
行く
to go
毎朝 八時に 学校へ 行きます。
I go to school at eight every morning.
ゆ(く) yuku · kun reading
行く
to go (in stories and poems)
この 船は 南へ 行く。
This ship goes south.
おこな(う) okonau · kun reading
行う
to hold, to carry out
教室で 会を 行います。
We hold a meeting in the classroom.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.