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How to say 'Line' or 'Row' in Japanese | 行

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The Japanese word for Line or Row is 'Gyou', written as 行 in Japanese.'Line' or 'Row' in hiragana is ぎょう.

    word

    Meaning

    Line, Row

    Reading

    ぎょう

    gyou

    Kanji

    Go

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '行 (ぎょう)' primarily refers to a 'row' or 'line'. It is commonly used in contexts such as seating arrangements, text formatting, or organizing items in a sequence. For example: the text is written in three lines「テキストは三行で書かれている」(てきすとはさんぎょうでかかれている). Please sit in the front row「前の行に座ってください」(まえのぎょうにすわってください). Additionally, '行' can also refer to a line of text in written material, such as in books or documents. For instance: this paragraph has five lines「この段落は五行あります」(このだんらくはごぎょうあります).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    2353

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word

This word contains 1 kanji character:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Go

Words Related to Through the Kanji

These 46 Words contain the Kanji 行 as well.

  • word

    行く

    Meaning

    Go

  • word

    行う

    Meaning

    Conduct

  • word

    飛行機

    Meaning

    Airplane

  • word

    行き

    Meaning

    Going

  • word

    行為

    Meaning

    Act

  • word

    銀行

    Meaning

    Bank

  • word

    持って行く

    Meaning

    Take

  • word

    行政

    Meaning

    Administration

  • word

    急行

    Meaning

    Express, Rush

  • word

    実行

    Meaning

    Execution

  • word

    旅行

    Meaning

    Travel

  • word

    飛行場

    Meaning

    Airport

  • word

    連れて行く

    Meaning

    Take

  • word

    行成

    Meaning

    Suddenly

  • word

    行き来

    Meaning

    Coming and going

  • word

    行き止まり

    Meaning

    Dead end

  • word

    執行

    Meaning

    Execution

  • word

    行動

    Meaning

    Action

  • word

    行楽

    Meaning

    Outing

  • word

    行使

    Meaning

    Exercise

  • word

    進行

    Meaning

    Advance, Progress

  • word

    行列

    Meaning

    Line, Matrix

  • word

    修行

    Meaning

    Training, Asceticism

  • word

    移行

    Meaning

    Transition

  • word

    行事

    Meaning

    Event

  • word

    奉行

    Meaning

    Magistrate

  • word

    刊行

    Meaning

    Publication

  • word

    徐行

    Meaning

    Slow driving

  • word

    行方

    Meaning

    Whereabouts

  • word

    一行

    Meaning

    Group

  • word

    施行

    Meaning

    Enforcement

  • word

    行儀

    Meaning

    Manners

  • word

    遂行

    Meaning

    Execution

  • word

    通行

    Meaning

    Passage

  • word

    通行止め

    Meaning

    Roadblock

  • word

    現行

    Meaning

    Current, Existing

  • word

    履行

    Meaning

    Fulfillment

  • word

    流行る

    Meaning

    Trend

  • word

    先行

    Meaning

    Precedence

  • word

    発行

    Meaning

    Issue, Publication

  • word

    歩行者

    Meaning

    Pedestrian

  • word

    歩行者天国

    Meaning

    Pedestrian zone

  • word

    平行

    Meaning

    Parallel

  • word

    走行

    Meaning

    Travel

  • word

    飛行

    Meaning

    Flight

  • word

    流行

    Meaning

    Epidemic, Trend

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What does 'Gyou' (行) mean?

'Gyou' means 'Line' or 'Row' .

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