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行動

こうどう

action, conduct

Mnemonic

Not what he said he would do, but what he actually did, on camera, at the co こう-op どう door. The same こう as 行為: こうどう.

Worth knowing

行 reads こう in compounds, as in 銀行 ぎんこう. 行動する is to take action.

Built from

go, conduct
A crossroads seen from above. Its left half is 彳, the step radical.
move
重 heavy + 力 power

Words sharing these kanji

to go to perform, to do act, conduct to take (a person) along to move movement, motion to move, to make a move movement, shift activity shaking, turbulence

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