Kanji 行 — "Go"
Here is what 行 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Go" stick.
How it is read
こう, ぎょう, あん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
い.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.き, -ゆき, -い.き, -いき, おこな.う, おこ.なう
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Take One Step into the Town Block — let's Go!
- 彳 Step
It's the shape of Mr. T (亻) with his hair swinging back because he's taking a Step forward.
- ⼀ One
A single stroke counts as the number One, see? Japanese is that simple!
- 丁 Town Block
An intersection in the Town Block. You might not see it, but I want you to imagine there are buildings flanking both sides of the street.
Words that use 行
12 of 50 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 行く いく to go
- 行き ゆき / いき going
- 行う おこなう to carry out (v.t.), to conduct (typically used in written language)
- 銀行 ぎんこう bank
- 行ってらっしゃい いってらっしゃい have a nice day, see you
- 行動 こうどう action, conduct, behavior
- 流行る はやる to be popular, to come into fashion
- 旅行 りょこう travel
- 行為 こうい act, deed, conduct
- 行方 ゆくえ one's whereabouts
- 飛行機 ひこうき airplane
- 進行 しんこう advance
Want 行 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
