Thursday, 17 November 2011

Go

Reading: KOU, GYOU, AN, iku, yuku

Strokes: 6

Etymology:  This character is derived from a pictograph of a crossroads.

It now has a range of extended meanings, such as, go, travel, column, act.


Mnemonic: COLUMN GOES TO CROSSROADS

Combinations:
行方 (yukue) wherabouts
実行 (gyouretsu) procession

(Based upon Henshall, 1998)

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