行

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a street intersection.

Originally symmetric, it has been simplified asymmetrically; the left half 彳 is widely used as a radical, while the right half 亍 finds occasional use, and the character can be broken up as 彳 (“small step”) + 亍, though originally it was not a compound.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

行 (radical 144 行+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一一弓 (HOMMN), four-corner 2122₁, composition ⿰彳亍)

1. go
2. walk
3. move, travel
4. circulate
5. an ancient form of narrative poem which is usually longer than the usual four or eight lines

Usage notes

行 itself is also used as a radical (in addition to 彳); unusually for radicals, the phonetic is placed in the middle – with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right – corresponding to the phonetic originally being placed at the middle of the intersection.

Descendants

• Index:Chinese radical/行
• 彳 亍

See also

• 彳亍

References

• KangXi: page 1108, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34029
• Dae Jaweon: page 1570, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 811, character 6
• Unihan data for U+884C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

行 (jyutping haang4, hang4, hang6, hong4, Yale haang4, hang4, hang6, hong4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

行 (POJ hâng, hàng, hông, Guangdong hong², hen⁵ [Meixian], hong², hen⁶ [Hailu], hong², hen⁵ [Siyan], hong², hang⁵ [Hong Kong, Kwangtung], hong², hang³ [Bao'an, Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim hang2, hang4, hong2)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Noun

行 (hiragana ぎょう, romaji gyō)

1. a line of text
2. (mathematics) a row of a matrix

Kanji

行 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: こう (kō)
• Tō'on: あん (an)
• Kanyō'on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: いく (行く iku), ゆく (行く yuku), おこなう (行う 行なう okonau)

Compounds

行間 (ぎょうかん, gyōkan) 旅行 (りょこう, ryokō) 行政 (ぎょうせい, gyōsei) 発行 (はっこう, hakkō) 進行 (しんこう, shinkō) 実行 (じっこう, jikkō) 流行 (りゅうこう, ryūkō) 執行 (しっこう, shikkō) 施行 (しこう, shikō) 平行四辺形 (へいこうしへんけい, heikōshihenkei) 善行 (ぜんこう, zenkō) 洋行 (ようこう, yōkō) 歩行 (ほこう, hokō) 代行 (だいこう, daikō) 品行 (ひんこう, hinkō) 行火 (anka) heater 行脚 (あんぎゃ, angya) pilgrimage 行灯 (andon) lamp 行事 (ぎょうじ, gyōji) event 行書 (ぎょうしょ, gyōsho) semicursive handwriting scripture 行政 (ぎょうせい, gyōsei) government 行人 (こうじん, kōjin) passer-by, traveler 行列 (ぎょうれつ, gyōretsu) matrix 旅行者 (りょこうしゃ, ryokōsha)

走行 (そうこう, sōkō) 貴行 (きこう, kikō) 孝行 (こうこう, kōkō) 航行 (こうこう, kōkō) 試行 (しこう, shikō) 試行錯誤 (しこうさくご, shikōsakugo) 挙行 (きょこう, kyokō) 専行 (せんこう, senkō) 急行 (きゅうこう, kyūkō) 励行 (れいこう, reikō) 悪行 (あくぎょう, akugyō) 不言実行 (ふげんじっこう, hugenjikkō) 行政事件 (ぎょうせいじけん, gyōseijiken) 強行 (きょうこう, kyōkō) 行使 (こうし, kōshi) execution 行方 (ゆくえ, yukue) whereabouts 行く (いく, iku) to go 通行人 (つうこうにん, tsuukounin) passer-by 銀行 (ぎんこう, ginkō, “bank”) 飛行 (hikō) aviation 飛行機 (hikōki) airplane, aircraft 飛行場 (hikōjō) airfield, airport 行宮 (あんぐう, angū) temporary residence of the Emperor 失行 (しっこう, shikkō)

続行 (ぞっこう, zokkō) 奇行 (きこう, kikō) 紀行 (きこう, kikō) 国事行為 (こくじこうい, kokujikōi) 一目十行 (いちもくじゅうぎょう, ichimokujūgyō) 言行齟齬 (げんこうそご, genkōsogo) 行く年 (いくとし, ikutoshi) 九品の行業 (くほんのぎょうごう, kuhonnogyōgō) 跂行喙息 (きこうかいそく, kikōkaisoku) 行革 (ぎょうかく, gyōkaku) 行為 (こうい, kōi) 行動 (こうどう, kōdō)

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Korean

Hanja

行
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 행 (revised: haeng, McCune-Reischauer: haeng, Yale: hayng)

• Name (hangeul): 다닐 행()

1. movement

行
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 항 (revised: hang, McCune-Reischauer: hang, Yale: hang)

• Name (hangeul): 항렬 항()

1. degree of familial relation

Compounds

• (movement): 행동
• (degree of relation): 항렬

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

行 (pinyin xíng (xing2), háng (hang2), héng (heng2), Wade-Giles hsing²)

Compounds

• háng

行辈 行车 行当, 行当儿 行道 行东 行贩, 行贩儿 行规 行行出状元 行話, 行话 (háng huà) 行会 行货 行家

行间 行距 行款 行列 行情 行市 行伍 行业 行业语 行院 行栈

• xíng

行百里者半九十 行不顾言 行不通 行不由径 行藏 行草 行车 行车执照 行成于思 行程 行船 行刺 行道树 行得通 行动 行方便 行宫 行好 行贿 行迹 行将 行将就木 行脚 行劫 行进 行径 行酒 行酒令 行军 行楷 行礼 行李 行李车 行李架 行李卷儿 行李牌 行李票 行令 行囊 行骗

行期 行乞 行窃 行人 行若无事 行色 行色匆匆 行善 行商 行尸走肉 行使 行驶 行事 行书 行署 行述 行同狗彘 行头 行为 行为模式 行为能力 行文 行销 行星 行刑 行凶 行医 行吟 行辕 行云流水 行政 行政公署 行政区 行之有效 行止 行舟 行装 行踪 行走

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Middle Chinese

Han character

行 (*hæng, *hɑng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

行 (hành, hàng, hạnh, ngành, hãng, hăng)

Compounds

• hành khách [行客]
• hành lý [行李]