行

行	Meanings: go On Readings: コウ kou, ギョウ gyou, アン an Kun Readings: い（く） i(ku), ゆ（く） yu(ku), おこな（う） okona(u) Most Used Pronunciation: i(ku) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 行 Stroke Number: 6

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Common jukugo
銀行 - ぎん　こう gin kou - bank
旅行 - りょ　こう ryo kou - trip, travel
飛行機 - ひ　こう　き hi kou ki - plane, airplane
旅行 - りょ　こう ryo kou -
航行 - こう　こう kou kou - navigation, cruise
紙飛行機 - かみ　ひ　こう　き kami hi kou ki - a paper airplane

Useful Examples
Japanese: 日本に行きたい！
Romaji: nihon ni ikitai!
English: I want to go to Japan!

Japanese: 来月日本に行きましょう！
Romaji: rai getsu nihon ni ikimashou!
English: Next month, let's go to Japan!

Japanese: 五月に日本に行く予定です。
Romaji: go gatsu ni nihon ni iku yotei desu.
English: I am planning to go to Japan in May.

Japanese: 毎年日本に行きます。
Romaji: mai toshi nihon ni ikimasu
English: I go to Japan every year.

Japanese: 今度映画を見に行きませんか？
Romaji: kondo eiga o mi ni ikimasen ka?
English: Next time, why don't we (go and) see a movie?

Japanese: 車で町に行きましょう。
Romaji: kuruma de machi ni ikimashou.
English: Let's go to town by car.

Japanese: 飛行機でカナダに行きました。
Romaji: hikouki de kanada ni ikimashita.
English: I went to Canada by plane.

Japanese: 秋に日本へ行きます。
Romaji: aki ni nihon e ikimasu.
English: In the Fall, I will go to Japan.

Japanese: 二週間前、どこに行きましたか？
Romaji: ni shuu kan mae, doko ni ikimashita ka?
English: Where did you go 2 weeks ago?

Japanese: 次の旅行はどこに行きたい？
Romaji: tsugi no ryokou wa doko ni ikitai?
English: Where do you want to go for the next trip?

Japanese: 彼は両親によって塾へ行くことを強制された。
Romaji: kare wa ryoushin ni yotte juku e iku koto o kyou sei sareta.
Literal: he-(topic marker)-parents-according to-cram school-to-go-thing-(direct object)-force-was(passive)
English: His parents forced him to go to a cram school.
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Japanese: 海外へ行ったことがありますか。
Romaji: kaigai e itta koto ga arimasu ka.
English: Have you ever been abroad?

Japanese: 来年、カナダに行きたいと思う。
Romaji: rainen, kanada ni ikitai to omou.
English: I hope to go to Canada next year.

Japanese: 夏はいつもマイアミに行ったものだ。
Romaji: natsu wa itsumo maiami ni itta mono da.
English: Summers I used to go to Miami.

Japanese: 外科へ行ってください。
Romaji: geka e itte kudasai.
English: Please go to the Surgery Department.

Japanese: そのぬかるみの小道は谷へ下って行く。
Romaji: sono nukarumi no komichi wa tani e kudatte iku.
English: The muddy track descends to a valley.

Japanese: きょうの午後医者へ行く予定にしている。
Romaji: kyou no gogo isha e iku yotei ni shite iru.
English: I'm going to go to the doctor this afternoon.

Japanese: その銀行に取り引きがある。
Romaji: sono ginkou ni torihiki ga aru.
English: We have an account with the bank.

Japanese: 駅まで乗せて行ってあげましょう。
Romaji: eki made nosete itte agemashou.
English: Let me give you a lift as far as the station.

Japanese: 家族全員が旅行にでかけた。
Romaji: kazokuzen'in ga ryokou ni dekaketa.
English: All the family set off on the trip.

Japanese: ５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその百貨店があります。
Romaji: gofun bakari kono michi o ikeba, migite ni sono hyakkaten ga arimasu.
English: Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the Department store to the right.

Japanese: 人に説教することを自らも実行せよ。
Romaji: hito ni sekkyou suru koto o mizukara mo jikkou seyo.
English: Practice what you preach.

Japanese: 君の案を実行に移せると思っているのか。
Romaji: kimi no an o jikkou ni utsuseru to omotte iru no ka.
English: Do you think you can put your idea into practice?

Japanese: 「何故行かないの」「行きたくないからさ」
Romaji: "naze ikanai no." "ikitakunai kara sa."
English: Why aren't you going? Because I don't want to.

Japanese: すぐに再発行できますか。
Romaji: sugu ni saihakkou dekimasu ka.
English: Can you reissue them right away?

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks like a side view of a dog (with no tail) ready to go

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.