KANJI: KOU GYOU AN i (going, journey, conduct, column)

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Character Etymology:

From a pictograph of crossroads, stylized.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KOU GYOU AN
kun-yomi: i(ku) yu(ku) -yu(ki) -yuki -i(ki) -iki okona(u) oko(nau)

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: iku nami name michi yuki yuku

English Definitions:

1. AN, KOU: party, suite; journey; expedition; line, row.
2. GYOU: line, row; religious austerities.
3. i(ku), yu(ku): go; run (water).
4. gyou(suru): act, conduct oneself.
5. i(keru): can go; can drink; can speak (a language); good.
6. oko(nau): do, act, conduct oneself; carry out; perform, conduct (school); exercise (control); hold (a ceremony).
7. okona(wareru): be practiced; become operative]; take place; prevail, obtain; come into use; continue.
8. ya(ru): give, let have, bestow on, present; send; do, perform, undertake; do for; act; study; row; operate; hold (a meeting), give (a dinner); eat, drink, smoke, find solace in.
9. yu(ki), i(ki): going; travel.
10. i(ttakiri), yu(kikkiri): gone for good.
11. oko(nai): act, action, deed, conduct, behavior, religious austerities.
12. kudari: column of print; sentence.
13. -yuki: bound for.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 5419
Henshall: 118

Unicode Encoded Version:

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Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

行く手 (yu(ku)te): passerby, pedestrian.
行方不明 (yukue-fumei): missing; unaccounted for.
行列 (gyouretsu): procession, parade, queue.

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