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行う

おこなう

to perform, to do

Mnemonic

The crossroads closed off today for the race, and somebody has to set out every single cone. Oh お, cone こな, ow う, and that is his shin: おこなう.

Worth knowing

Same 行 as 行く いく. 行く is going somewhere, 行う is putting the event on, and its reading is the odd one to hold on to. やる is the casual one and 致す いたす the humble one.

Built from

go, conduct
A crossroads seen from above. Its left half is 彳, the step radical.

Words sharing these kanji

to go action, conduct act, conduct to take (a person) along

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