行

音読おんよみ: コウ・ギョウ・アン

訓読くんよみ:・ゆ・おこな

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 彳(ぎょうにんべん)

Meaning

To go / to proceed / to perform

  • く — to go
  • りょこう — travel
  • ぎんこう — bank
  • 行動こうどう — action / behavior
  • 行事ぎょうじ — event / function
  • 実行じっこう — execution / carrying out
  • 横行おうこう — prevalence / going unchecked
  • 逆行ぎゃっこう — moving backward / retrogression
  • おこなう — to carry out / to hold

行 originally depicted a crossroads or path, representing movement and direction. Over time, it also came to mean "to do" or "to perform," making it one of the most flexible and commonly used characters.

あしたきょうきます。
I will go to Kyoto tomorrow.

かい午前ごぜん10からおこなわれます。
The meeting will be held from 10 a.m.

回
Creates
行動こうどう — action / behavior
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