Usage patterns 行ぎょう を 空あ ける to leave a blank line (between lines of text)
Please leave a blank line between paragraphs.
行ぎょう を 積つ む to accumulate ascetic/religious practice
He has spent many years accumulating ascetic practice in the mountains.
行ぎょう がずれる for lines (of text) to become misaligned
When I copied it, the lines got misaligned.
行ぎょう に 励はげ む to devote oneself to religious austerities
The monks devote themselves to religious practice every day.
〈 数すう 〉 行ぎょう にわたる to span several lines
This explanation is written across three lines.
Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out Related words 行 is a common abbreviation for the semi-cursive calligraphy style, while 行書 is the full technical term for it.
行 refers specifically to a line of text or a row in writing, while 列 is the general word for any row, queue, or line of people or things.
Don't confuse with 業 and 行 are both read ぎょう , but 業 means work or industry while 行 means a line or row of text.
御中 is a respectful suffix added by the sender to an organization's name, while 行 is a plainer suffix the sender may use after their own name or a mailing destination, later crossed out and replaced by the recipient.
Word family· 147 executive branch; government · administration; governance; the authorities
training; practice; discipline; study · ascetic practices; Buddhist training
event; function
line; queue; procession; parade · matrix
one line; one row
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manners; behavior; deportment
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
new line; new paragraph · newline; line break; line feed
ascetic practice; penance; mortification · hardship; ordeal; strenuous task
the government; the administration; the executive branch
nightly parade of demons; procession of monsters · pandemonium; a den of iniquity; a gathering of shady characters
line spacing; space between lines; between the lines
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
sumo referee
peddling; hawking; itinerant selling
virtue gained through Buddhist practice
the five elements; wu xing · five practices of the Bodhisattvas · the five pillars of Islam
several lines (of text)
correct practices; right conduct
imperial visit; imperial outing
carrying out one's duties; execution of responsibilities · ruling a fief; fief; fiefdom
violent conduct; misconduct; debauchery
Buddhist religious service; sutra chanting
end of a line; line break
pilgrimage; wandering journey (of a monk)
each line; every line
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub · ritual purification; ablution
semi-cursive script; running style
behavior; conduct
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Written forms 行ぎょう Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
ぎょう Usage 2%
Etymology The kanji 行 originally depicts a crossroads, symbolizing movement or action. The reading ぎょう is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi, used in many compound words. The specific meanings derive from classical Chinese usage.
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