Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
行 go
- Meaning
- go
- On reading
- コウ
- Kun reading
- い(く)
Memory hook
A crossroads seen from above. An intersection, somewhere to go. コウ in compounds, い(く) on its own. 銀行 ginkō is a bank.
Words that use 行
行く
いく
to go
旅行
りょこう
travel
How to write 行
Stroke order · 6 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
- 1 to 2. The sweep down to the left.
- 3. The vertical on the left.
- 4. The horizontal across the top.
- 5. The horizontal across the middle.
- 6. The vertical through the centre, ending in a hook.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
行 is taught on day 24 of the kanji course, alongside 来 見, with two writing passes and a short quiz.