ChiramiN5 kanji · 6 strokes
行 means go
行
行Real origin
It began as a drawing of a crossroads: to go.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- going, journey, carry out, conduct
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) いく iku
いく (iku) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ゆく yuku, おこなう okonau
From Chinese (onyomi) コウ kou
コウ (kou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ギョウ gyou, アン an
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Common word
行く いく · iku
to go, to move
Built from
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彳 Used in 30 kanji
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What does 行 mean?
Right: 行 means go.Not quite: 行 means go.In 行く, which reading does 行 use?
Right. 行く is read いく (iku): 行 takes い, its Japanese reading, with く after it.Not quite. 行く is read いく (iku): 行 takes い, its Japanese reading, with く after it.