Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly

Kunyomi: い.く いにしえ さき.に ゆ.く

Onyomi: オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

年(おうねん)   former, one-time, years ago

来(おうらい)   comings and goings, traffic

復する(おうふくする)   make a round trip

診する(おうしんする)   make a house call

生する(おうじょうする)   die peacefully, be in a fix

する(うおうさおうする)   go every which way

立ち生する(たちおうじょうする)   be brought to a standstill [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

オウフク making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going, round-trip ticket, return ticket, correspondence, exchanging (letters), socializing, visiting one another

オウネン years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past

ウオウサオウ moving about in confusion, going every which way, going this way and that

イオウ after this, from now on, hereafter, ago, since, before, previous

Kunyomi Examples

行く いく to go, to move (in a direction or towards a specific location), to head (towards), to be transported (towards), to reach, to proceed, to take place, to pass through, to come and go, to walk, to die, to pass away, to do (in a specific way), to stream, to flow, to continue, to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination

行く いく to go, to move (in a direction or towards a specific location), to head (towards), to be transported (towards), to reach, to proceed, to take place, to pass through, to come and go, to walk, to die, to pass away, to do (in a specific way), to stream, to flow, to continue, to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination