字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧彳部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
彳 step, walk, go
ぎょうにんべん gyouninben
3 strokesRadical of 19 kanjiPart of 20
Origin · sourced
Simplified from 行 – the left side of the character, which represents a street intersection as seen from above.
Source: Wiktionary, 彳 (rev. 91677282), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward. It is the radical of public paths, travel, and the steady, rhythmic movements of people going about their daily lives.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates walking, streets, travel, social duties, or actions that take place on a path or road
What it grows into
- 役dutyヤク
彳 + 殳
The character originally depicted guarding a border with a weapon in hand, and by extension, it came to represent the idea of performing a duty or task.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 待waitタイ · まつ
彳 + 寺sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 復restoreフク · また
彳 + 复sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 彳 as its radical
All 19 kanji